Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār (, (788-870 CE / 172-256 AH), a descendant of al-Zubayr ibn al-ʻAwwām, was a leading Arab Muslim historian and genealogist of the Arabs, particularly the Hijaz region. He composed a number of works on genealogy that made him a standing authority on the subject of the genealogies of the Quraysh tribe. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani regarded him as the most reliable authority on Qurayshite genealogy.
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.
He died in Mecca after he fell from a roof.
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)"