Ibn Sa'd

Muhammad ibn Sa'd ibn Mani' al-Hashimi
Muhammad ibn Sa'd ibn Mani' al-Hashimi
Title	Katib al-Waqidi
Personal
Born	784/785 CE (168 AH); Basra
Died	16 February 845 (aged 61) (230 AH)
Religion	Islam
Era	Islamic golden age; (Early Abbasid era);
Notable work(s)	'كتاب طبقات الكبرى', Kitab Tabaqat Al-Kubra (Book of the Major Classes)
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Al-Waqidi;

Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Sa‘d ibn Manī‘ al-Baṣrī al-Hāshimī^[4] or simply Ibn Sa'd (Arabic: ابن سعد) and nicknamed Scribe of Waqidi (Katib al-Waqidi), was a scholar and Arabian biographer. Ibn Sa'd was born in 784/785 CE (168 AH)^[5] and died on 16 February 845 CE (230 AH).^[5] Ibn Sa'd was from Basra,^[2] 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.^[6]

^ Siyar A'lam al-Nubala (10/664) .
^ ^a ^b Ibn Hajar, Taqrib al-Tahdhib
^ Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol. 1, p.546, Edition. I, 1964
^ Fück, J.W. (1960). "Ibn Saʿd". Encyclopedia of Islam (2 ed.). Brill. ISBN 9789004161214. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
^ ^a ^b MM. "Imamate". Al-islam.org. Archived from the original on 2009-08-21. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
^ Ibn Khallikan (1868). "Muhammad ibn Saad". Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 3. Translated by William MacGuckin de Slane. Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 65.

[1] Siyar A'lam al-Nubala (10/664) .

[Ibn_Hajar,_Taqrib_al-Tahdhib-2] Ibn Hajar, Taqrib al-Tahdhib

[3] Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol. 1, p.546, Edition. I, 1964

[4] Fück, J.W. (1960). "Ibn Saʿd". Encyclopedia of Islam (2 ed.). Brill. ISBN 9789004161214. Retrieved 2015-11-05.

[imamate-5] MM. "Imamate". Al-islam.org. Archived from the original on 2009-08-21. Retrieved 2010-05-19.

[6] Ibn Khallikan (1868). "Muhammad ibn Saad". Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 3. Translated by William MacGuckin de Slane. Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 65.

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