Abu Ja‘far

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Abu Ja‘far is the honorific kunya of the renowned Persian historian and Qur’anic exegete al-Tabari, a foundational figure in early Islamic historiography and tafsir.

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Abu Jaʿfar 1
Abu Ja‘far canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Qur’anic exegete
hadith scholar
historian
jurist
person
theologian
birthCountry Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED
birthPlace Amol NERFINISHED
birthRegion Tabaristan NERFINISHED
deathCountry Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED
deathPlace Baghdad NERFINISHED
denomination Sunni Islam
era Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED
ethnicity Persian NERFINISHED
field Islamic historiography
Islamic law
hadith studies
tafsir
fullName Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari NERFINISHED
genre tafsir literature
universal history
givenName Muhammad NERFINISHED
honorific Imam
influenced later Muslim historians
later Sunni exegetes
knownFor foundational contributions to Qur’anic exegesis
foundational contributions to early Islamic historiography
kunya Abu Ja‘far NERFINISHED
language Arabic
notableWork Jami‘ al-bayan ‘an ta’wil ay al-Qur’an NERFINISHED
Tarikh al-rusul wa-l-muluk NERFINISHED
notedFor compiling early reports on Qur’anic interpretation
comprehensive narrative of early Islamic history
extensive use of isnad chains
occupation author
scholar
patronymic ibn Jarir NERFINISHED
region Tabaristan NERFINISHED
religion Islam
schoolTradition Sunni traditionalist exegesis
wroteIn Arabic

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Al-Tabari kunya Abu Ja‘far
Muhammad al-Baqir kunya Abu Ja‘far
this entity surface form: Abu Jaʿfar