Taha Baqir

طه باقر

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An Iraqi historian and archaeologist born in al-Hilla, south-west of Baghdad, from a family known for learning.

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Roles
Historian · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Contemporary Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Abd Allah ibn al-Siddiq al-Ghumari · Abdul Hai Arifi · Abdullah Musawi Shirazi · Aden Adde · Al-Akwa', Muhammad ibn Ali

History-writing and social thought

Place in the story

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Overview

Taha Baqir, an Iraqi historian and archaeologist, born in al-Hilla, south-west of Baghdad, in 1912 CE, and died in 1984 CE 1.

His family

The encyclopedia says that his family was known for the breadth of its learning 1.

The details of his works and positions need an additional source. Both dates come from a single source.

People and things also explored

Disputing the count of raids and sariyas· Orientalism· Stopping the genealogy at Ma'add· Ibn Khaldun completes the Muqaddima· Abd al-Jabbar al-Jumurd· Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti· Abd al-Rahman Badawi· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad

Sources

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