Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri
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| Name: | Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri |
| Birth: | <tr><th style="text-align: right;">Death:</th><td>297 AH (892 CE) [1] or 892 CE [2]</td></tr> |
| School/tradition: | <tr><th style="text-align: right;">Influences:</th><td> |
Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri was an Arabian historian.
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Name
Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Jabir Al Biladuri (Arabic: أحمد بن يحيى بن جابر البلاذري) or Balazry Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Jabir Abul Hasan[3] or Abi al-Hassan Baladhuri [4].
Biography
A Persian by birth, though his sympathies seem to have been strongly with the Arabs, for Masudi refers to one of his works in which he refuted the Shuubites [2].
He lived at the court of the caliphs al-Mutawakkil and Al-Musta'in and was tutor to the son of al-Mutazz. He died in 892 as the result of a drug called baladhur (hence his name) [2]. baladhur is a nut [3].
Works
- Ansab al-Ashraf (أنساب الأشراف)
- Fath al-Buldan (فتوح البلدان)
See also
References
- ^ translation of Futuh al-Buldan by Hitti
- ^ a b c Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- ^ a b http://www.salaam.co.uk/knowledge/biography/viewentry.php?id=460
- ^ http://www.answering-ansar.org/answers/fadak/en/chap2.php
External links
Categories
892 deaths | Arab historians | Medieval writers