At a glance
- Roles
- Historian
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
History-writing and social thoughtWars and campaigns
Place in the story
- HistorianTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Kufi, known as Ibn A'tham, a historian and author of the book al-Futuh (The Conquests). 1
He arranged in his book the reports of Islamic history beginning with the death of the Prophet and the Saqifa of the Banu Sa'ida, and mentioned its men. His death is dated, on the basis of report, to 314 AH (926 CE). 1
People and things also explored
Amina· Ahl al-Harb (the people at war with the Muslims, their status and the rules that govern dealings with them)· Anfal (spoils and the other gains taken from the enemy, and their divisions)· The angels at Badr· Dissuading others from fighting· Ghanima (spoils of war)· Hudna (truce with non-Muslims)· Hujna (hybridness, in the fiqh sense: spoils shares and speech)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Kufi (Ibn A'tham)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-atham-al-kufi-ahmad-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.