Muhammad ibn Habib al-Baghdadi (Arabic: محمد بن حبيب البغدادي), full name Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Habib ibn Umayyah ibn 'Amr al-Hashimi, was a ninth-century historian, writer and linguist who lived in Baghdad, Iraq.
Muhammad ibn Habib al-Baghdadi | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Habib ibn Umayyah ibn 'Amr al-Hashimi |
| Died | 860 CE Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic history, history of pre-Islamic Arabia |
| Notable work(s) | Kitāb al-Muḥabbar |
| Occupation | Writer, historian, and linguist |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni Islam |
Career
editAl-Baghdadi was a staunch supporter of the Abbasid Caliphate and wrote more than ten works on history, genealogy, biographies and the Arabic language, including poetry collections and linguistic works. Muhammad ibn Habib al-Baghdadi died in the year 860 CE (year 245 of the Hijri calendar).[1][2][3]
Notable works
edit- Kitāb al-Muḥabbar[4][3]
- Asmāʼ al-mughtālīn min al-ashrāf fī al-Jāhilīyah wa-al-Islām: Wa-yalīhi Kuná al-shuʻarāʼ wa-man ghalabat kunyatuhu ʻalá ismih (Prominent Murder Victims of the Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Periods: Including the Names of Murdered Poets)[5]
- al-Munmaq fi 'Akhbar al-Quraysh (The Broad Histories of the Quraysh)[6]
- al-Shu'ara wa an-Sabuhum (The Poets and Their Lineages)[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Omar Farouk (1981). Tarikh al-Adab al-Arabi – al-Aisar al-Abbasiyya (4th ed.). Dar Al-Ilm Lil-Millain.
- ^ "محمد بن حبيب البغدادي". مداد (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ a b Lichtenstädter, Ilse (January 1939). "Muḥammad Ibn Ḥabîb and his Kitâb al-Muḥabbar". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 71 (1): 1–27. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00091954. ISSN 2051-2066.1-27&rft.date=1939-01&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017/S0035869X00091954&rft.issn=2051-2066&rft.aulast=Lichtenstädter&rft.aufirst=Ilse&rft_id=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/article/abs/muhammad-ibn-habib-and-his-kitab-almuhabbar1/ED19886FF55EC4FB165A34B4B8626A5B&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Muhammad ibn Habib al-Baghdadi" class="Z3988">
- ^ Robin, Christian Julien (2012). "Arabia and Ethiopia". In Johnson, Scott Fitzgerald (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press. pp. 247–332.247-332&rft.pub=Oxford University Press&rft.date=2012&rft.aulast=Robin&rft.aufirst=Christian Julien&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Muhammad ibn Habib al-Baghdadi" class="Z3988">
- ^ Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb; Ḥasan, Sayyid Kasrawī; Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb (2001). Asmāʼ al-mughtālīn min al-ashrāf fī al-Jāhilīyah wa-al-Islām: Wa-yalīhi Kuná al-shuʻarāʼ wa-man ghalabat kunyatuhu ʻalá ismih (al-Ṭabʻah 1 ed.). Bayrūt: Dār al-Kutub al-ʻIlmīyah. ISBN 978-2-7451-3177-5.
- ^ a b "محمد بن حبيب - المكتبة الشاملة". shamela.ws (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-06-08.