Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār (Arabic: أبو عبدالله الزبير بن بكار بن عبد الله بن مصعب بن ثابت بن عبد الله بن الزبير بن العوام, (788-870 CE / 172-256 AH), a descendant of Al-Zubayr ibn al-ʻAwwām, was a leading Arab Muslim historian and genealogist[2] of the Arabs, particularly the Hijaz region. He composed a number of works on genealogy that made him a standing authority on the subject of the genealogies of the Quraysh tribe. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani regarded him as the most reliable authority for Quraysh genealogical matters.[3]

Biography

He was born and raised in Medina and served as qadi in Mecca in 242 AH.[4] In one of his visits to Baghdad, Ibn Bakkar was invited by Al-Mutawakkil to become the tutor to his son.[1]

He died in Mecca after he fell from a roof.[1]

Works

Works attributed to Ibn Bakkar:[5]

Published works

• Jamharat nasab Quraysh wa-akhbāruhā (جمهرة نسب قريش وأخبارها)
• Al-Akhbār al-muwaffaqīyāt (الأخبار الموفقيات)
• Ah̲bār Abī Abī Dahbal al-Jumaḥī (أخبار أبي دهبل الجمحي)
• Azwāj al-Nabī (أزواج النبي). The edited version is named: Al-Muntakhab min Kitāb azwāj al-Nabī (المنتخب من كتاب أزواج النبي)
• Commentary on "Kitāb al-Amthāl" of Abū ʻUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām
• Commentary on "Kitāb al-Nasab" of Abū ʻUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām

Lost works

• Akhbār al-ʻArab wa-ayyāmuhā (أخبار العرب وأيامها)- translit., "Arabs & Their Times"
• Nawādir akhbār al-nasab (نوادر أخبار النسب)
• Al-ikhtilāf (الاختلاف) or Al-aḥlāf (الأحلاف)- translit., "Alliances"
• Nawādir al-madanīyīn (نوادر المدنيين)
• Al-nakhīl (النخيل)- translit., "Palm Trees"
• Al-ʻaqīq wa-akhbāruhu (العقيق وأخباره)
• Al-Aws wa-al-Khazraj (الأوس والخزرج) - translit., "The Aws & The Khazraj (Tribes)"

References