Ibn Fahd Jar Allah Muhibb al-Din Muhammad

ابن فهد جار الله محب الدين محمد

1486 CE · 891 AH – c. 6 August 1547 CE · 15 Jumada II 954 AH

Jar Allah Ibn Fahd — b. Saturday eve 20 Rajab 891 at Mecca; he heard the Six Books and Qadi 'Iyad's Shifa' read by his father opposite the Noble Chamber during the family's 909 Medina mujawara, received the khirqa, then journeyed through Egypt, Syria, Jerusalem, Aleppo and Armenia taking from some seventy musnids; companion of 'Abd al-Haqq al-Sunbati; died Tuesday eve 15 Jumada II 954 1.

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Sunni
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Arabia
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Overview

Abu al-Fadl Muhibb al-Din Muhammad ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Fahd al-Makki al-Hashimi, known by the title "Jar Allah". A Meccan historian of the Banu Hashim, whose lineage connects to Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya. He was born in 891 AH (1486 CE) and died in 954 AH (1547 CE). 2

His reports and his books need an additional source.

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Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 717
  2. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.39
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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas

The maghazi arithmetic disputes: Ibn Ishaq's twenty-six raids versus the twenty-seven that split Wadi'l-Qura from Khaybar; nine pitched battles common to both lists with al-Waqidi adding Wadi'l-Qura and al-Ghaba for eleven; and the sariya counts ranging from thirty-five to al-Waqidi's forty-eight (in al-Tabari's chain) to sixty-six.