أُسد الغابة في معرفة الصحابة
أُسد الغابة في معرفة الصحابة
Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari's compendium of Companion names — 'a precious and exhaustive work' drawing on the four earlier books of Companions (Ibn Manda, Abu Nu'aym, Abu Musa's continuation, and Ibn Abd al-Barr), marking each entry with a siglum for its source 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
"Usd al-Ghaba fi Marifat al-Sahaba" (The Lions of the Thicket: Knowing the Companions), a book on the names of the Companions by Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari. The author of "Al-Tajrid" described it as precious and comprehensive. 1
It gathers the Companions named in four books: the book of Ibn Manda, the book of Abu Nu'aym, the book of Abu Musa al-Isfahani, which is a supplement to Ibn Manda, and the book of Ibn Abd al-Barr, with the author's own additions. He gave the mark (d) to Ibn Manda, (a) to Abu Nu'aym, (b) to Ibn Abd al-Barr, and (s) to Abu Musa. 1
Connections
- Authored by
- Ibn al-Athir al-Jazri
People and things also explored
Ibn al-Athir Diya' al-Din· Ibn al-Athir Izz al-Din· Mosul· اللباب في تهذيب الأنساب· Ibn al-Athir al-Jazri
Sources
- Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.), p. 398
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islam.museum contributors. “أُسد الغابة في معرفة الصحابة”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/usd-al-ghaba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.