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Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, Early historian of the seerah

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ScholarEarly historian of the seerah

Urwah ibn al-Zubayrعروة بن الزبير

Approximate dateMadinah

Aisha's nephew, who wrote some of the first accounts of the Prophet's ﷺ campaigns.

Son of al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and Asma bint Abi Bakr, he learned closely from his aunt Aisha and was one of the Seven Jurists of Madinah. His letters answering the caliph Abd al-Malik's questions on the maghazi are among the earliest prose on the seerah. Told he had lost a leg and a son on one journey, he praised God for what remained.

What grew out of it?

Al-Zuhri and Ibn Ishaq built the seerah on his reports.

Who else is linked?

MadinahMuhammad ﷺIbn Shihab al-ZuhriIbn IshaqAishah bint Abi BakrAl-Zubayr ibn al-AwwamAsma bint Abi BakrAbd al-Malik ibn MarwanUmayyad Caliphate

Who lived at the same time?

Yazid ibn MuawiyahMuawiyah ibn YazidMarwan ibn al-HakamAbd al-Malik ibn MarwanConstans IIAl-Walid ibn Abd al-MalikYazdegerd IIISa'id ibn al-Musayyib

Source: history · Wikipedia

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