Identification
al-Bakrī, Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad b. ʻAbd Allāh
البكري , ابو الحسن أحمد بن عبد الله
Dates
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Floruit
Estimated
Estimated by F. Rosenthal in Encyclopaedia of Islam
Biographic comments
Author whose identity is uncertain. He wrote historical novels about early history of Islam. A mawlid text and a biography of the Prophet are also ascribed to him. He is tentatively dated to the latter half of the 13th c. G.
Additional information
References
- Place Place of activity Basra / al-Baṣra, Basra Governatorate, IQ
Bibliographical references
- al-Aʻlām: qāmus tarāǧim, vol. 1, al-Ābarī - Iġn... on page 155
- Encyclopaedia of Islam II Online: http://dx.doi... on page http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_1112
Scribe of manuscript parts
Author of texts
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كتاب الانوار ومصباح السرور والافكارKitāb al-anwār wa-miṣbāḥ al-surūr wa al-afkār
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دعاء بشراك يا حليمة بالدرة اليتيمةNaẓm "Bušrāki yā Ḥalīma bi-al-durra al-yatīma"
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فتوح اليمن الكبرى المعروف برأس الغولFutūḥ al-Yaman al-kubrā al-maʻrūf bi-Rā's al-Ġūl