Muhammad ibn al-Harith al-Khushani

محمد بن الحارث الخشني

981 CE · 371 AH

An Andalusian historian of Kairouan, named al-Khushani.

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At a glance

Roles
Historian · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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Life in time

8759009259509751000102510501075 c. c.
Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi · Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad · Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi · أبو بكر السيبي أحمد بن محمد

History-writing and social thought

Place in the story

  • HistorianTradition

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn al-Harith ibn Asad al-Khushani. An Andalusian historian from Kairouan, attributed to al-Khushani. He died in 371 AH (981 CE), according to the encyclopaedia. 1

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

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas

The maghazi arithmetic disputes: Ibn Ishaq's twenty-six raids versus the twenty-seven that split Wadi'l-Qura from Khaybar; nine pitched battles common to both lists with al-Waqidi adding Wadi'l-Qura and al-Ghaba for eleven; and the sariya counts ranging from thirty-five to al-Waqidi's forty-eight (in al-Tabari's chain) to sixty-six.