Yazid ibn Harun
يزيد بن هارون الواسطي
The Wasit traditionist giant — born 117, dead 206, his father having served the kitchens of Ziyad, Mus'ab and al-Hajjaj 1.
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Yazid ibn Harun ibn Zadhan al-Wasiti, client of the Banu Sulaym, one of the most eminent and great of the people of hadith 1.
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He was born in 117 AH and died in Wasit in 206 AH, aged eighty-nine. His father had served in the kitchen of Ziyad ibn Abihi, his son, Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr and al-Hajjaj 1.
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 426
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