Musa ibn ʿUqba

Musa ibn 'Uqba al-Asadī
Personal
Bornc. 665 CE
Diedc. 758 CE
Medina, Saudi Arabia
ReligionIslam
EraTabi'un
Notable work(s)Kitāb al-maghāzī
Muslim leader
Influenced by
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Musa ibn 'Uqba al-Asadī (Arabic: موسى بن عقبة; 665–758), known with his honorific as Mūsā ibn ʿUqba, was an early Arab historian and traditionalist, and was also an expert on maghāzī, the military expeditions in which the Prophet of Islam Muhammad personally participated.[1]

He composed a Kitāb al-maghāzī (Book on maghāzī), thought to be lost, which was however cited by other historians after him, such as al-Wāqidī, Ṭabarī and Ibn Kathīr.[1] A manuscript of Kitab al-maghazi was recently rediscovered and is due to be published (per July 2022).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mūsā b. ʿUḳba". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Brill. 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  2. ^ "بحمد الله، شرع في طبع مغازي الإمام موسى بن عقبة المدني المطرفي (ت 141 ه)، وهي أصح سيرة وأقدمها بإطلاق، بعد أن أعثرنا الله على نسختها الفريدة، ووقع تحقيقها وتخريج أحاديثها؛ وهذا بلا ريب فتح في المعلم". Twitter.com. Retrieved 19 July 2022.