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Al-Baladhuri
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ʾAḥmad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Jābir al-Balādhurī (; died 892 or 893) was a 9th-century Muslim historian. One of the eminent West Asian historians of his age, he spent most of his life in Baghdad and enjoyed great influence at the court of the caliph al-Mutawakkil. He travelled in Syria and Iraq, compiling information for his major works.
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Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri was a male historian and geographer who lived during the Abbasid Caliphate. Born in Baghdad in 820, he died in the same city on January 1, 0892. A Muslim, he spoke and wrote in Arabic and Persian. His notable works include *Futuh al-Buldan* and *Genealogies of the Nobles*.
Al-Baladhuri is also identified by the author name Abu al Abbas al Baladhuri, with *Origins of the Islamic State* listed among his top works. He is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
Synthesized by Vinony from 30 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Origins of the Islamic State
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1946-04-13
Discography
- Back Up Train1967
- Green Is Blues1969
- Gets Next to You1971
- Let’s Stay Together1972
- I’m Still in Love With You1972
- Call Me1973
- Livin’ for You1973
- Explores Your Mind1974
- Al Green Is Love1975
- Full of Fire1976
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 2
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,908x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,988x
- Tissue-based map of the human proteome
· 2015 · cited 14,115x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,999x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,253x
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Quotes
- “On reaching Dãwar, he surrounded the enemy in the mountain of Zûr, where there was a famous Hindu temple.”
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Key facts
- Religious biography.religion
- Islam
- Religious biography.era
- Islamic golden age (Abbasid Era)
- Religious biography.name
- Ahmad Ibn Yahya ibn Jabir al-Baladhuri
- Religious biography.title
- Al-Baladhuri
- Religious biography.death_date
- 892 or 893
- Religious biography.death_place
- Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
- Religious biography.Maddhab
- Sunni
- Religious biography.region
- Mesopotamia
- Religious biography.main_interests
- History
- Religious biography.works
- Kitab Futuh al-Buldan and Ansab al-Ashraf
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Biography
- Works
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- References
- Further reading
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ʾAḥmad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Jābir al-Balādhurī (; died 892 or 893) was a 9th-century Muslim historian. One of the eminent West Asian historians of his age, he spent most of his life in Baghdad and enjoyed great influence at the court of the caliph al-Mutawakkil. He travelled in Syria and Iraq, compiling information for his major works.
His name is also found in the variant forms Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Jabir Al-Baladhuri, Balazry Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Jabir Abul Hasan and Abi al-Hassan Baladhuri.
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