al-Tahir ibn Yahya al-'Alawi al-Husayni

الطاهر بن يحيى العلوي الحسيني

The Husayni 'Alawi of Medina whose oral recension of the Abu Talib genealogy Mas'udi heard and preferred over al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar's book 1.

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Al-Tahir ibn Yahya al-Alawi al-Husayni, an Alid Husayni from the people of Medina. 2

In al-Mas'udi

Al-Mas'udi heard from him a book on the genealogies of the family of Abu Talib, and he preferred it over the book of al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar on this subject. 2

Sources

  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 62
  2. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.62
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