Ishaq ibn Yasar

إسحاق بن يسار

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Ayn al-Tamr

Ishaq ibn Yasar, father of Muhammad ibn Ishaq the author of the Sira, and son of the Yasar who was among the captives of Ayn al-Tamr and a client of Qays ibn Makhrama. The link rests on the son's lineage 'Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar' in Mizan al-I'tidal and on al-Baladhuri's statement that Yasar was Muhammad ibn Ishaq's grandfather.

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Era
The Umayyad Period
Region
Arabia

Life in time

625650675700725750775800825850 c. c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abbas ibn Muhammad · Abd al-Ala al-Sadafi · Abd al-Aziz ibn Abi Hazim · Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr · Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil

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Ayn al-Tamr

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Parent of
Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar
Lived in
Ayn al-Tamr
Child of
يسار جد ابن إسحاق

People and things also explored

Ayn al-Tamr· The Siege of Ayn al-Tamr and Its Church Captives· Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar· يسار جد ابن إسحاق· al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr's raid on ʿAyn al-Tamr (39 AH)· Khalid's Departure for Syria· al-Tusayr ibn Daysam· عاصم بن عمر بن قتادة

Sources

  • Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd al-Rijal — al-Dhahabi, ed. Ali Muhammad al-Bijawi, part 3
  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Ayn al-Tamr

A place where Umayr ibn Ri'ab al-Sahmi was killed with Khalid ibn al-Walid on his way back from al-Yamama in Abu Bakr's caliphate, according to Ibn Ishaq.