Al-Waqidi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Al-Waqidi

historian

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-0747

Place of Birth: Medina, Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia

Date of Death: 27-Apr-0823

Profession: historian

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Abu `Abdullah Muhammad Ibn ‘Omar Ibn Waqid al-Aslami (Arabic ??? ??? ???? ???? ?? ??? ?? ???? ???????) (c.
130 – 207 AH; c.
747 – 823 AD) was a historian commonly referred to as al-Waqidi (Arabic: ???????).
His surname is derived from his grandfather's name Waqid and thus he became famous as al-Imam al-Waqidi.
Al-Waqidi was an early Muslim historian and biographer of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, specializing in his military campaigns.
He served as a judge (qadi) for the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun.
Several of al-Waqidi's works are known through his scribe and student, Ibn Sa'd, who also worked under al-Ma'mun and was a proponent of the Mu?tazila doctrine of the created Quran.