Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar

Biography He was born and raised in Medina and served as the qadi of Mecca in 242 AH ( CE). In one of his visits to Baghdad, Ibn Bakkar was invited by the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil to become the tutor to his son.

Works Works attributed to Ibn Bakkar:

Published works Jamharat nasab Quraysh wa-akhbāruhā Al-Akhbār al-muwaffaqīyāt Ah̲bār Abī Abī Dahbal al-Jumaḥī Azwāj al-Nabī . The edited version is named: Al-Muntakhab min Kitāb azwāj al-Nabī Commentary on "Kitāb al-Amthāl" of Abū ʻUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām Commentary on "Kitāb al-Nasab" of Abū ʻUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām

Lost works Akhbār al-ʻArab wa-ayyāmuhā - translit., "Arabs & Their Times" Nawādir akhbār al-nasab Al-ikhtilāf or Al-aḥlāf - translit., "Alliances" Nawādir al-madanīyīn Al-nakhīl - translit., "Palm Trees" Al-ʻaqīq wa-akhbāruhu Al-Aws wa-al-Khazraj - translit., "The Aws & The Khazraj (Tribes)"