Ibn Ishaq
Muslim hagiographer and historian (704–767) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the historian. For the grammarian, see Ibn Abi Ishaq.
For the physician, see Hunayn ibn Ishaq
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Muttalibi (Arabic: أَبُو عَبْدُ ٱلله مُحَمَّد ٱبْن إِسْحَاق ٱبْن يَسَار ٱلْمُطَّلِبيّ, romanized: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʾIsḥāq ibn Yasār al-Muṭṭalibī; c. 704–767), known simply as Ibn Ishaq, was an 8th-century Muslim historian and hagiographer. Ibn Ishaq, also known by the title ṣāḥib al-sīra, collected oral traditions that formed the basis of an important biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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ٱبْن إِسْحَاق | |
Title | Ṣāḥib al-Sīra |
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Born | c. 704 (85 AH) |
Died | c. 767 (150 AH) |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Islamic golden age |
Region | Middle East |
Main interest(s) | Prophetic biography |
Notable work(s) | al-Sira al-nabawiyya ('Life of the Prophet') |
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