Ibn Batta al-Ukbari, Ubayd Allah ibn Muhammad · Islam Museum

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Roles: muhaddith · Jurist
Counted among: Sunni
Era: The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region: Levant & Iraq
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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Al-Jurayri, al-Mu'afa ibn Zakariyya · Abu al-Faraj Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Shanbudhi al-Muqri' · al-Hasan ibn Isa ibn al-Muqtadir · Qadi Abu Bakr Ibn al-Daqqaq al-Baghdadi · Abu Hafs Ibn Shahin

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Overview

Abu Abdallah Ubayd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Batta al-Ukbari, a hadith scholar and Hanbali jurist, born in Ukbara near Baghdad. ¹

He was born in 304 AH (917 CE) and died in 387 AH (997 CE), according to report. ¹

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Sources

Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO

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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Batta al-Ukbari, Ubayd Allah ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-batta-al-ukbari-ubayd-allah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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