Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar

Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār (, (788-870 CE / 172–256 AH), a descendant of al-Zubayr ibn al-ʻAwwām, was a leading Arab Muslim historian and genealogist of the Arabs, particularly the Hijaz region. He composed a number of works on genealogy that made him a standing authority on the subject of the genealogies of the Quraysh tribe. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani regarded him as the most reliable authority on Qurayshite genealogy.

Biography

He was born and raised in Medina and served as the qadi of Mecca in 242 AH ( CE). In one of his visits to Baghdad, Ibn Bakkar was invited by the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil to become the tutor to his son.

He died in Mecca after he fell from a roof.

Works

Works attributed to Ibn Bakkar:

Published works

• Jamharat nasab Quraysh wa-akhbāruhā ()
• Al-Akhbār al-muwaffaqÄ«yāt ()
• Ah̲bār AbÄ« AbÄ« Dahbal al-Jumaḥī ()
• Azwāj al-NabÄ« (). The edited version is named: Al-Muntakhab min Kitāb azwāj al-NabÄ« ()
• Commentary on "Kitāb al-Amthāl" of AbÅ« Ê»Ubayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām
• Commentary on "Kitāb al-Nasab" of AbÅ« Ê»Ubayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām

Lost works

• Akhbār al-Ê»Arab wa-ayyāmuhā ()- translit., "Arabs & Their Times"
• Nawādir akhbār al-nasab ()
• Al-ikhtilāf () or Al-aḥlāf ()- translit., "Alliances"
• Nawādir al-madanÄ«yÄ«n ()
• Al-nakhÄ«l ()- translit., "Palm Trees"
• Al-Ê»aqÄ«q wa-akhbāruhu ()
• Al-Aws wa-al-Khazraj () - translit., "The Aws & The Khazraj (Tribes)"

See also

• Ibn Inabah

References