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
ArabMuslimhistorian 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 on Qurayshite genealogy.[3]
Biography
He was born and raised in
Medina and served as the
qadi of
Mecca in 242 AH (
c. 864 CE).[4] In one of his visits to
Baghdad, Ibn Bakkar was invited by the
Abbasid caliph
al-Mutawakkil to become the tutor to his son.[1]