Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Saffar

إسحاق بن إبراهيم الصفار

262 AH

Abu Ya'qub al-Saffar, transmitter from 'Abd al-Wahhab and al-Waqidi, described as an exacting, trustworthy hafiz; his last pupil was Ibn Makhlid. He died in 262 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Abu Ya'qub Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Saffar; he transmitted from 'Abd al-Wahhab and al-Waqidi; Ibn Sa'id and al-Baghandi narrated from him, the last being Ibn Makhlad; he was firm, reliable, meticulous, retentive; he died in 262. 1

Sources

  1. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p. 120
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