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| Full name = | | Full name =Abu Mekhnaf Lut Yahya Azdi Qamedi | ||
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| Death/martyrdom = | | Death/martyrdom =157/8 AH (Anoo Hegirea) | ||
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|Native name=ابو مخنف}}'''Abu Mikhnaf''' was a Muslim historian active in [[Kufa]], near Baghdad and author of the lost work Kitab [[Maqtal al-Hussain]] (History of the [[Battle of Karbala]]). His grandfather was a companion of [[ʿAli ibn Abi Talib|Ali]] and this close connection to the prophet's companion and his family background made it possible for this author to gather great amounts of information of the "inner circle". Abu Mikhnaf's principal work, the Kitab Maqtal al-Hussain, has reached us through the work of his student, [[Hisham ibn al-Kalbi]] (d. 204 ah). His work was considered reliable among later Shi'a and Sunni historians like [[Tabari]]. | |Native name=ابو مخنف}}'''Abu Mikhnaf''' was a Muslim historian active in [[Kufa]], near Baghdad and author of the lost work Kitab [[Maqtal al-Hussain]] (History of the [[Battle of Karbala]]). His grandfather was a companion of [[ʿAli ibn Abi Talib|Ali]] and this close connection to the prophet's companion and his family background made it possible for this author to gather great amounts of information of the "inner circle". Abu Mikhnaf's principal work, the Kitab Maqtal al-Hussain, has reached us through the work of his student, [[Hisham ibn al-Kalbi]] (d. 204 ah). His work was considered reliable among later Shi'a and Sunni historians like [[Tabari]]. | ||
== Biography == | |||
Abu Mekhnaf Lut Yahya Azdi Qamedi ,known as Abu Mikhnaf, was born in Kufa. His birh Date is unknown (estimated around 132 Ah) but he died in 157/8 AH (Anoo Hegirea). He was a famous narrator in second era of Hegriea. He narrated various important events after Islam from [[Prophet Muhammad]] arisen to the last day of Umayyad Dynasty, the first Muslim dynasty. | |||
He wrote around 30 books but we just have some narrations of him in different books like The History Of Tabari , written by Al-Tabari. Although It’s not clear if he was Shi’ite , he showed his respect and love towards [[Ahl Al-Bayt|Ahl-Al-Bayt]]. | |||
Abu Mekhnaf Lut Yahya Azdi Qamedi was born in a famous family known as Yamani A’zd from Ghamed tribe. His Grandfather, Mokhnaf Ebn-e Salim was one of the follower of prophet of Islam , Muhammad, and after Muhammad’s passing, he folowed [[Imam Ali]]. Ebn-e Salim participated in Jamal war which it was between Imam Ali and A’yeshe ( Muslim Prophet’s wife, Tal’he, Zobayr. In this war, he lost his two brothers. After war, Hamadan and Isfahan authority attributed to Ebn-e Salim. | |||
In Sefeyn war, Imam Ali wrote a letter to him to help him in this war against Umayyad dynasty. He atrributed Hareth Ebn-e Abu Rab’I and followed Imam Ali. During the war, some soldiers disobeyed Imam’s commands but Ebn-e Salim was praised by Imam due to the fact that he supported Imam and God’s commands. | |||
==Historiography== | ==Historiography== | ||
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The variety of Abu Mikhnaf's stories and his statement about the majority of the reporters<ref>U. Sezkin, op. cit., pp. 116-22</ref> suggest that he was reporting from an existing literature. | The variety of Abu Mikhnaf's stories and his statement about the majority of the reporters<ref>U. Sezkin, op. cit., pp. 116-22</ref> suggest that he was reporting from an existing literature. | ||
= Books = | |||
* death of 'Uthman b. 'Affan, | |||
* the Battle of Siffin, | |||
* Maqtal of Muhammad b. Abi Bakr, | |||
* Maqtal of Amir al-Mu'minin | |||
* Maqtal al-Husayn | |||
The book “''Maqtal al-Husayn”'' vanished due to some reasons: | |||
1. Difference between the main book and Tarikh Al-Tabariin context . | |||
2. Different start between the original book and the available book | |||
3. Wrong information in text by writing an example from Al-Kulayni who was born about 100 years after Abu Mikhna’s death. | |||
The original version is not available and the current version is collected by non-religious people who have issues against Islam. But in recent years , researcher have tried to restore the book by collecting information from reliable books. | |||
==Source== | ==Source== | ||