al-Waqidi
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Al-Waqidi was an early Muslim historian and biographer renowned for his detailed accounts of the Prophet Muhammad’s life and the early Islamic conquests.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Muslim
ⓘ
biographer ⓘ hadith narrator ⓘ historian ⓘ |
| century |
8th century
ⓘ
9th century ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 747 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | circa 823 ⓘ |
| employer | Abbasid administration in Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early Abbasid period ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic history
ⓘ
biographical literature ⓘ maghazi (accounts of military campaigns) ⓘ |
| fullName | Muhammad ibn Umar al-Waqidi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
futuh (conquests)
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maghazi (military campaigns) ⓘ sira (biography of the Prophet) ⓘ |
| givenName | Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Ibn Sa'd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
accounts of early Islamic conquests
ⓘ
detailed accounts of the Prophet Muhammad’s life ⓘ early sira and maghazi literature ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| name | al-Waqidi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nisba | al-Waqidi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSubject |
Prophet Muhammad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early Islamic conquests ⓘ |
| occupation |
biographer
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historian ⓘ judge ⓘ qadi ⓘ |
| patronymic | ibn Umar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Arabian Peninsula
NERFINISHED
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Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Abbasid Caliphate
NERFINISHED
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Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position | qadi of the western quarter of Baghdad ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| reputationInHadithCriticism | weak narrator ⓘ |
| reputationInHistoriography | important early Islamic historian ⓘ |
| residence |
Baghdad
NERFINISHED
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Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceType | primary source for early Islamic history ⓘ |
| student | Ibn Sa'd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionWithin | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| work |
Futuh al-Sham (attributed)
NERFINISHED
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Kitab al-Maghazi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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