Editing Nasr b. Muzahim

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 | Full name = Nasr b. Muzahim b. Sayyar (Yasar) al-'Attar al-Minqari
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 | Kunya = Abu l-Fadl
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 | Lineage = Banu Minqar
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 | Birth =Around 120/738 
 | Place of Birth =[[Kufa]] 
 | Place of Residence = Baghdad
 | Death/martyrdom =212/827 
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 | Works =Waq'at Siffin, al-Jamal, ... 
 | Activities = Participation in the Uprising of Abu l-Saraya
|Native name=نَصْر بن مُزاحم بن سَیّار (یسار) عَطّار المنقري}}'''Nasr b. Muzahim''' was among Shi'a historians and  the companions of [[Mohammad al-Baqir|Imam al-Baqir]] in the 2nd/8th century. His monograph is reported in a very limited fashion by [[Abu al-Faraj]] in Maqatil al-Talibiyyin.<ref>Abu al-Faraj, op. cit., pp. 51-81.</ref>  

==Biograaphy==
The date of his birth is not known, but it is said that he was born in Kufa and then moved to Baghdad. His lineage reached "Banu Minqar b. 'Ubayd b. Harith b. 'Amr b. Ka'b b. Sa'd b. Zayd Manat b. Tamim".

Nasr b. Muzahim spend most of his life in Baghdad. At that time, Baghdad was a newly developed city, but since it was the capital and center of caliphate, it had attracted many famous scholars. In Tarikh Baghdad, al-Khatib al-Baghdadi mentioned Nasr b. Muzahim among scholars of Baghdad. Nasr b. Muzahim passed away in 212/827.

==Sources of his Narration==
He seems to have had two main sources: [[Abu Mikhnaf]], whom he reports on the authority of his mentor `Umar b. Sa'd, and [[Jabir b. Yazid al-Ju`fi|Jabir b. Yazid al-Ju'fi]], whom he reports through `Amr b. Shamir. Nasr b. Muzahim uses both of these sources in his monograph on the Battle of Siffin. If his full work had survived, we would have had a much fuller Shi’i version of the account, as Nasr was himself a Shi’i, and tended to favour the Shi’i tradition.
==References==
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==Source==

*[http://alhassanain.org/Arabic%20Accounts%20of%20al-Husayn's%20Martyrdom/arabic_accounts_of_al_husayn_s_martyrdom_html/arabic_accounts_of_al_husayn_s_martyrdom.htm A. Howard, Arabic Accounts of al-Husayn's Martyrdom]
*[http://en.wikishia.net/view/Nasr_b._Muzahim Wikishia website]

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