Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
Polymath
Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī, commonly known as al-Ṭabarī, was a Sunni Muslim scholar, polymath, historian, exegete, jurist, and theologian from Amol, Tabaristan, now in present-day Iran. Wikipedia
Born: Amol, Iran
Died: February 17, 923 AD, Baghdad, Iraq
Influenced by: Ibn Ishaq, Abu Mikhnaf, Dawud al-Zahiri, and more
Full name: Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī
Parents: Jarir ibn Yazid al-Tabari
Creed: Traditionalist
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