At a glance
- Roles
- Historian · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Life in time
History-writing and social thought
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Lineage
The book gives his full lineage: al-Zubayr ibn Abi Bakr ibn Abdallah ibn Mus'ab ibn Thabit ibn Abdallah ibn al-Zubayr. His kunya is Abu Ubayd Allah and his title is Bakkar. 2
Standing
The data classify him as a historian and a scholar of the Sunni community, and place him in the early Abbasid period. His birth and death dates come from a single source, so they need an additional source.
People and things also explored
Disputing the count of raids and sariyas· Orientalism· Stopping the genealogy at Ma'add· Ibn Khaldun completes the Muqaddima· Abd al-Jabbar al-Jumurd· Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti· Abd al-Rahman Badawi· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.703-704
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.703
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Abi Bakkar al-Zubayr Abu Ubayd Allah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-abi-bakkar-al-zubayr-abu-ubayd-allah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.