Ibn Abi Bakkar al-Zubayr Abu Ubayd Allah
ابن أبي بكار الزبير أبو عبيد الله
788 CE · 172 AH – 870 CE · 256 AH
Abu Ubayd Allah al-Zubayr ibn Abi Bakr, known as Bakkar, of Medina, born there in 172 AH (788 CE) and taught by his father and others; died 256 AH (870 CE).
At a glance
- Roles
- Historian · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Life in time
History-writing and social thought
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Lineage
The book gives his full lineage: al-Zubayr ibn Abi Bakr ibn Abdallah ibn Mus'ab ibn Thabit ibn Abdallah ibn al-Zubayr. His kunya is Abu Ubayd Allah and his title is Bakkar. 2
Standing
The data classify him as a historian and a scholar of the Sunni community, and place him in the early Abbasid period. His birth and death dates come from a single source, so they need an additional source.
People and things also explored
Disputing the count of raids and sariyas· Stopping the genealogy at Ma'add· Abd al-Jabbar al-Jumurd· Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti· Abd al-Rahman Badawi· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· Abu al-Khayr al-Armuni· Abu Bakr ibn Abi al-Qasim al-Ahdal
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.703-704
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.703
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