Ibn Sa'd
#24,163
Most Influential Person Across History
Arab scholar, biographer and historian
Ibn Sa'd's AcademicInfluence.com Rankings
Download Badge
History
Why Is Ibn Sa'd Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Sa‘d ibn Manī‘ al-Baṣrī al-Hāshimī or simply Ibn Sa'd and nicknamed Scribe of Waqidi , was a scholar and Arabian biographer. Ibn Sa'd was born in 784/785 CE and died on 16 February 845 CE . Ibn Sa'd was from Basra, but lived mostly in Baghdad, hence the nisba al-Basri and al-Baghdadi respectively. He is said to have died at the age of 62 in Baghdad and was buried in the cemetery of the Syrian gate.
