Ubayd ibn Shariya
عبيد بن شرية الجرهمي
The Jurhumi traditionist whose audiences with Mu'awiya produced the famous lore-book — circulating widely in al-Mas'udi's day though the learned called its tales fabricated romance 1.
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- The Umayyad Period
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Overview
Ubayd ibn Shariya al-Jurhumi, a narrator of reports, who came as a delegate to Mu'awiya. He was one of the people of knowledge of the reports of the past and the histories of the ancient Arabs 2.
al-Mas'udi reports that his book was in circulation in his time, and that a group of people of knowledge said his reports were fabricated from invented fables 2.
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 549-550
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.549-550
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