Isma'il ibn Ya'qub al-Tanukhi

إسماعيل بن يعقوب التنوخي الأنباري

252 AH

Abu'l-Hasan al-Tanukhi of Anbar, b. 252, a Quran-hafiz and master of Yemeni genealogies, copious and trustworthy in hadith; he died at Anbar 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Levant & Iraq
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Abu'l-Hasan Isma'il ibn Ya'qub al-Tanukhi al-Anbari, born in 152, came to Baghdad and related there from 'Abd Allah ibn Ahmad and Muhammad ibn 'Uthman ibn Abi Shayba among others. He was a hafiz of the Qur'an, learned in Yemen's genealogies, abundant in hadith, reliable and truthful. He died at al-Anbar. 1

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  1. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p. 209
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