Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar
Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār, a descendant of Al-Zubayr ibn al-ʻAwwām, was a leading Arab Muslim historian and genealogist 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.Biography
He was born and raised in Medina and served as qadi in Mecca in 242 AH. In one of his visits to Baghdad, Ibn Bakkar was invited by Al-Mutawakkil to become the tutor to his son.
He died in Mecca after he fell from a roof.Works
Works attributed to Ibn Bakkar:- 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 "
