IslHornAfr

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Identification

Kaʻb al-Aḥbār, Abū Isḥāq Ka‘b b. Māti‘ al-Ḥimyarī كعب الاحبار, ابو اسحق كعب بن ماتع الحميري

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Biographic comments

According to tradition, he was a Yemeni rabbi who converted to Islam in the reign of Caliph ʻUmar. He has been connected with some Isrā'īliyyat.

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