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Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar, Abu 'Abdallah al-Qurashi al-Asadi of Mecca, was the memorising imam and genealogist who served as judge of Mecca. He died in Dhu al-Qa'da 257 AH. 2
Transmission and learning
He narrated from Sufyan ibn 'Uyayna, Anas ibn 'Iyad, al-Nadr ibn Shumayl, 'Abdallah ibn Nafi' al-Sa'igh and many others; al-Bukhari, Ibn Abi al-Dunya, Isma'il al-Warraq, the judge al-Mahamili, Yusuf al-Azraq and others narrated from him. Al-Daraqutni accredited him, and al-Khatib described him as trustworthy, learned in genealogy and the reports of the early generations, with a compiled work on the lineage of Quraysh. 2
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- Nasab Quraysh
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Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 658
- Tadhkirat al-huffaz — al-Dhahabi , j.2 p.475
- Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.)
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-zubayr-ibn-bakkar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.