Maghazi of al-Waqidi

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Islamic historical source historical work maghazi literature

Maghazi of al-Waqidi is an early Islamic historical work detailing the military campaigns of the Prophet Muhammad, authored by the 8th–9th century historian al-Waqidi.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Maghazi (Prophetic campaigns)	1
Maghazi literature	1
Maghazi of al-Waqidi canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic historical source ⓘ historical work ⓘ maghazi literature ⓘ
associatedWith	Abbasid-era scholarship ⓘ traditionist circles in Medina ⓘ
author	al-Waqidi NERFINISHED ⓘ
circulation	transmitted in early Abbasid period ⓘ
contains	chronological accounts of campaigns ⓘ isnad chains ⓘ lists of participants in battles ⓘ narrative reports ⓘ
criticizedFor	weak reliability of some isnads ⓘ
dateOfComposition	early 9th century ⓘ late 8th century ⓘ
documents	relations between Muslims and Jewish tribes of Medina ⓘ relations between Muslims and Quraysh ⓘ
evaluatedBy	Muslim hadith critics ⓘ
focusesOn	Tabuk expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ battles of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ campaign of Badr ⓘ campaign of Hunayn ⓘ campaign of Khaybar ⓘ campaign of Uhud ⓘ campaign of al-Khandaq (Trench) NERFINISHED ⓘ conquest of Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ expeditions of the Prophet Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	sira and maghazi ⓘ
historicalValue	major early source for the Prophet’s campaigns ⓘ
influenced	later biographical literature on Muhammad ⓘ later historical writing in Islam ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
mainSubject	life of the Prophet Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ military campaigns of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
placeOfComposition	Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservation	partly preserved through later compilations ⓘ
religiousContext	Sunni Islamic tradition ⓘ
religiousTradition	Islam ⓘ
subjectOf	critical editions and translations ⓘ modern academic studies on early Islamic historiography ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	7th century Arabia ⓘ Prophetic era ⓘ
typeOfWork	prose narrative ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy	Ibn Sa'd NERFINISHED ⓘ later maghazi compilers ⓘ later sira authors ⓘ
valuedFor	detailed narrative of battles ⓘ topographical and logistical details ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic biographical literature (sira) → hasNotableWork → Maghazi of al-Waqidi ⓘ

Urwah ibn al-Zubayr → mainInterest → Maghazi of al-Waqidi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maghazi (Prophetic campaigns)

Urwah ibn al-Zubayr → authorityIn → Maghazi of al-Waqidi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maghazi literature