Maʿmar ibn Rāshid (Author)
Maʿmar ibn Rāshid (96-153/714-770) was originally a Persian
slave from Basra who traveled extensively trading wares for the Azd
tribe. Thanks to his nomadic profession and his dealings with the
court of the Umayyad caliphs, he became acquainted with—and
ultimately the pupil of—one of the greatest Muslim scholars of his
generation, Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī (d. 124/742).
Sean W. Anthony (Translator)
Sean W. Anthony is Assistant Professor of History at
University of Oregon. His books include The Caliph and the Heretic:
Ibn Saba and the Origins of Shiism and Crucifixion and the
Spectacle of Death: Umayyad Crucifixion in its Late Antique
Context. His research and publications focus on the emergence of
Islam and the origins of its sacred and sectarian traditions.
"This book is a must for scholars in the field, and those who would
join them."
*Religious Studies Review*
"A welcome addition to the sparse English language treatment of
early Prophetic biography...Impressive [and] interesting."
*Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt*
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