Ibn Ishaq

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Muslim historian biographer of Muhammad person traditionist

Ibn Ishaq was an 8th-century Muslim historian and traditionist best known for composing one of the earliest and most influential biographies of the Prophet Muhammad.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Ibn Hisham 3
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1
Sirat Ibn Ishaq 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim historian ⓘ
biographer of Muhammad ⓘ
person ⓘ
traditionist ⓘ
birthDate circa 704 ⓘ
century 8th century ⓘ
deathDate circa 767 ⓘ
describedAs one of the earliest compilers of the Prophet’s biography ⓘ
era Umayyad period NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Abbasid period ⓘ
fieldOfWork early Islamic history ⓘ
hadith ⓘ
sira literature ⓘ
fullName Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre maghazi literature ⓘ
sira ⓘ
givenName Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Ibn Hisham NERFINISHED ⓘ
al-Tabari NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor collecting traditions about the life of Muhammad ⓘ
composing one of the earliest biographies of Muhammad ⓘ
languageOfWork Arabic ⓘ
mainSubjectOfWorks battles of Muhammad ⓘ
early Muslim community in Medina ⓘ
life of Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement early Islamic scholarship ⓘ
name Ibn Ishaq NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Sirat Rasul Allah NERFINISHED ⓘ
biography of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
occupation biographer ⓘ
hadith transmitter ⓘ
historian ⓘ
patronymic ibn Ishaq NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfActivity Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Basra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kufa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
sourceFor biographical details of Muhammad ⓘ
early Islamic historiography ⓘ
genealogies of Arab tribes ⓘ
subjectOf scholarly debate on hadith reliability ⓘ
tradition Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
workPreservedThrough Ibn Hisham’s recension ⓘ
quotations in al-Tabari’s history ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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Ibn Hisham’s recension of the Sira → author → Ibn Ishaq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ibn Hisham
Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah → author → Ibn Ishaq ⓘ
Islamic biographical literature (sira) → hasNotableAuthor → Ibn Ishaq ⓘ
Islamic biographical literature (sira) → hasNotableAuthor → Ibn Ishaq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ibn Hisham
Fath Makkah → mentionedInSource → Ibn Ishaq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sirat Ibn Ishaq
Fath Makkah → mentionedInSource → Ibn Ishaq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sirat Ibn Hisham
Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah → usedAsSourceBy → Ibn Ishaq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ibn Hisham