Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār ( ar , 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 The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

and

genealogist Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kins ...

of the Arabs, particularly the

Hijaz The Hejaz (, also ; ar, ٱلْحِجَاز, al-Ḥijāz, lit=the Barrier, ) is a region in the west of Saudi Arabia. It includes the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif, and Baljurashi. It is also known as the "Western Provinc ...

region. He composed a number of works on

genealogy Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kin ...

that made him a standing authority on the subject of the genealogies of the

Quraysh tribe The Quraysh ( ar, قُرَيْشٌ) were a grouping of Arab clans that historically inhabited and controlled the city of Mecca and its Kaaba. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born into the Hashim clan of the tribe. Despite this, many of the Qu ...

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī or ''Ibn Ḥajar'' ( ar, ابن حجر العسقلاني, full name: ''Shihābud-Dīn Abul-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Nūrud-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī al-Kināni'') (18 February 1372 – 2 Febru ...

regarded him as the most reliable authority for

Quraysh The Quraysh ( ar, قُرَيْشٌ) were a grouping of Arab clans that historically inhabited and controlled the city of Mecca and its Kaaba. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born into the Hashim clan of the tribe. Despite this, many of the Qu ...

genealogical matters.

Biography

He was born and raised in

Medina Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...

and served as

qadi A qāḍī ( ar, قاضي, Qāḍī; otherwise transliterated as qazi, cadi, kadi, or kazi) is the magistrate or judge of a '' sharīʿa'' court, who also exercises extrajudicial functions such as mediation, guardianship over orphans and mino ...

Mecca Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow v ...

in 242 AH. In one of his visits to

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

, Ibn Bakkar was invited by

Al-Mutawakkil Abū al-Faḍl Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Muʿtaṣim bi-ʾllāh ( ar, جعفر بن محمد المعتصم بالله; March 822 – 11 December 861), better known by his regnal name Al-Mutawakkil ʿalā Allāh (, "He who relies on God") was ...

to become the tutor to his son. He died in Mecca after he fell from a roof.

Works

Works attributed to Ibn Bakkar:Majallat al-ʻArab, 2006 CE/1427 AH

Published works

* ''Jamharat nasab Quraysh wa-akhbāruhā'' () * ''Al-Akhbār al-muwaffaqīyāt'' () * ''Ah̲bār Abī Abī Dahbal al-Jumaḥī'' () * ''Azwāj al-Nabī'' (). The edited version is named: ''Al-Muntakhab min Kitāb azwāj al-Nabī'' () * ''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'' ()- translit., "Arabs & Their Times" * ''Nawādir akhbār al-nasab'' () * ''Al-ikhtilāf'' () or ''Al-aḥlāf'' ()- translit., "Alliances" * ''Nawādir al-madanīyīn'' () * ''Al-nakhīl'' ()- translit., "Palm Trees" * ''Al-ʻaqīq wa-akhbāruhu'' () * ''Al-Aws wa-al-Khazraj'' () - translit., "The Aws & The Khazraj (Tribes)"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zubayr Ibn Bakkar 788 births 870 deaths Iraqi genealogists Arab historians 9th-century Arabs Chroniclers 9th-century historians from the Abbasid Caliphate 9th-century Arabic poets People from Medina