Sayf ibn Umar al-Usayyidi al-Tamimi (Arabic: سيف بن عمر) was an 8th-century Islamic historian and compiler of reports who lived in Kufa. He wrote the...
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traditionally considered as the first of the ghulāt. In accounts collected by Sayf ibn Umar, Ibn Saba' and his followers, the Saba'iyya, are said to be the ones who...
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assurance by Umar to Patriarch Sophronius of Jerusalem guaranteeing the safety of the city's people and property. According to Sayf ibn Umar, later in 638...
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commander. He was the founder of Kufa and served as its governor under Umar ibn al-Khattab. He played a leading role in the Muslim conquest of Persia and...
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historians consider aspects of the version of al-Tabari (copied from Sayf ibn Umar, who died between 786–809) to be authentic. For instance, Moshe Gil...
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actively participated in the battle. According to an account cited by Sayf ibn Umar, he observed the battle alongside unspecified Arab shaykhs (chieftains)...
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of Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (R.A). Darussalam Publishers. Most Hadith scholars expressed their skepticism regarding historical narration of Sayf ibn Umar although...
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al-Fida Isma'il ibn Umar ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi (Arabic: أبو الفداء إسماعيل بن عمر بن كثير الدمشقي, romanized: Abū al-Fiḍā’ Ismā‘īl ibn ‘Umar ibn Kathīr al-Dimashqī;...
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ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Muttalibi (Arabic: أَبُو عَبْدُ ٱلله مُحَمَّد ٱبْن إِسْحَاق ٱبْن يَسَار ٱلْمُطَّلِبيّ, romanized: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʾIsḥāq...
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historian Sayf ibn Umar mentions a son named Amr and Ibn Hazm (d. 1064), possibly deriving his information from Sayf, calls this same son Umar. The modern...
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