Ibn Hisham

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Muslim historian
Name:	Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Malik bin Hisham
Title:	Ibn Hisham
Birth:
Death:	218AH 833CE
Region:	Egyptian
Maddhab:	Sunni
Main interests:	History
Works:	The life of the Prophet
Influences:	Ibn Ishaq

Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Malik bin Hisham (Arabic: أبو محمد عبدالمالك بن هشام‎), or Ibn Hisham (died 833) edited the biography of Muhammad written by Ibn Ishaq. Ibn Ishaq's work is lost and is now only known in the recensions of Ibn Hisham and al-Tabari. Ibn Hisham grew up in Basra, Iraq, but moved afterwards to Egypt,^[1] where he gained a name as a grammarian and student of language and history. His family was of Himyarite origin, though some narrators trace him to Mu'afir ibn Ya'far, while others say he is a Dhuhli.^[2]

Contents 1 Works 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Works

• As-Sirah an-Nabawiyyah
• He also wrote a work on South Arabian antiquities: Kitab al-Tijan li ma'rifati muluk al-zaman (Book of Crowns in knowing kings of the age)

[edit] See also

List of Islamic scholars

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• The earliest biography of Muhammad, by ibn Ishaq English---Read Book Online.