Yahya ibn Yusuf al-Zami

يحيى بن يوسف الزمي

Abu Zakariyya al-Zami — transmitted from by al-Saghani, al-Bukhari, Abu Hatim, Hanbal b. Ishaq and Ibn Abi'l-Dunya; Abu Hatim: 'we wrote from him at Rayy long ago, then at Baghdad — he is truthful with me', Abu Zur'a: 'trustworthy, of a Khurasani village called Zamm'. Died at Baghdad, variously dated Rajab 225, 226 or 219 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Levant & Iraq
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Abu Zakariya Yahya ibn Yusuf al-Zami. Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Saghani, al-Bukhari, Abu Hatim al-Razi, Hanbal ibn Ishaq, al-Qasim ibn Zahir ibn Harb and Abu Bakr ibn Abi'l-Dunya transmitted from him. Abu Hatim said: we wrote from him at Rayy in the old days, then at Baghdad — in my view he is truthful. Abu Zur'a said: he is reliable, from a Khurasan village called Zamm. He died at Baghdad — said in Rajab 125, also said 126, also said 119. 1

Sources

  1. Tarikh Baghdad — al-Khatib al-Baghdadi , j.11 p.167
  • al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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