Information AboutAl-waqidi |
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| 822 deaths | |
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He was born in Madina , according to tradition in 130 AH. When Harun Al-Rashid made his Hajj in 186 AH he visited Madina. He sent his vizier Yahya Ibn Khalid Ibn Barmak ahead to locate a suitable guide and Yahya chose al-Waqidi. He followed the caliph back to Bagdad where he was made qadi for `Abdullah ibn Harun in `Askar al-Mahdi for four years. At time of his death he was qadi of the western side of Bagdad. We appear to have no account of how he coped during the civil war between the sons of Harun. He knew the maghazi, the Sirat, the conquests, the differences of people concerning hadiths and judgements and their agreement on what they agreed. He explained all this in books which he produced, composed and related. His secretary, Ibn Sa`d was also a famous historian. He made use of the information collected by al-Waqidi. Only one of al-Waqidi's works has survived in its entirety, ''Kitab Al Tarikh wa Al Maghazi '' (''Book of History and Battles''). Another work once ascribed to al-Waqidi '' Futuh Al Sham'' (''Conquests of Syria''), contains characters from the sixth Islamic century, long after the time al-Waqidi lived. |
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