Abu Rifa'a Umara ibn Wathima
أبو رفاعة عمارة بن وثيمة
c. 902 CE · c. 289 AH
Abu Rifa'a Umara b. Wathima b. al-Furat — Egyptian chronicler; transmitted from Ibn Lahi'a's katib and from his father, and composed an annalistic history; the continuation that survives under his name makes him one of the earliest Muslim annalists 1.
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- Abbasid Fragmentation
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- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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