Al-Tabari

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Al-Tabari was a prominent 9th–10th century Persian Muslim historian, theologian, and Qur’anic exegete best known for his monumental works "History of the Prophets and Kings" and "Tafsir al-Tabari."

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al-Tabari 6
Al-Tabari canonical 3
Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari 1

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instanceOf Muslim
Persian scholar
Qur’anic exegete
historian
jurist
theologian
birthCountry Abbasid Caliphate
birthDate c. 839
birthPlace Amol
birthRegion Tabaristan
deathCountry Abbasid Caliphate
deathDate 923
denomination Sunni Islam
era 10th century
9th century
ethnicity Persian
familyName Al-Tabari self-linksurface differs
surface form: al-Tabari
fieldOfWork Islamic history
Islamic jurisprudence
Islamic theology
Qur’anic exegesis
fullName Al-Tabari self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
givenName Muhammad
influenced later Qur’anic exegetes
later Sunni historians
influencedBy classical Arabic philologists
early Sunni hadith scholars
jurisprudentialSchoolFounded Jariri school
knownFor History of the Prophets and Kings
Tafsir al-Tabari
founding the Jariri school of law
kunya Abu Ja‘far
language Arabic
mainWork History of the Prophets and Kings
Tafsir al-Tabari
notableFor comprehensive narrative of early Islamic history
early systematic Qur’anic commentary based on transmitted reports
occupation Qur’anic commentator
historian
jurist
theologian
traditionist
placeOfDeath Baghdad
religion Islam
religiousTradition Sunni
titleOfWork Jāmi‘ al-bayān ‘an ta’wīl āy al-Qur’ān
Tārīkh al-rusul wa-l-mulūk
workAlsoKnownAs History of the Prophets and Kings
Tafsir al-Tabari

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Samarra period describedBySource Al-Tabari
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Quran 17:1 commentedOnBy Al-Tabari
Arab–Byzantine wars describedBySource Al-Tabari
this entity surface form: al-Tabari
Early Islamic period hasKeyFigure Al-Tabari
this entity surface form: al-Tabari
Al-Tabari fullName Al-Tabari self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
Al-Tabari familyName Al-Tabari self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: al-Tabari
Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah usedAsSourceBy Al-Tabari
this entity surface form: al-Tabari
Khwaday-Namag usedAsSourceBy Al-Tabari
this entity surface form: al-Tabari
Ayat al-Kursi hasExegesisBy Al-Tabari
Abasa hasExegesisBy Al-Tabari
this entity surface form: At-Tabari