Abu Ja‘far

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Abu Ja‘far is the honorific kunya of the renowned Persian historian and Qur’anic exegete al-Tabari, a foundational figure in early Islamic historiography and tafsir.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Abu Ja‘far canonical 2
Abu Jaʿfar 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Qur’anic exegete ⓘ
hadith scholar ⓘ
historian ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
person ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
birthCountry Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
birthPlace Amol ⓘ
birthRegion Tabaristan ⓘ
deathCountry Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
deathPlace Baghdad ⓘ
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
ethnicity Persian ⓘ
field Islamic historiography ⓘ
Islamic law ⓘ
hadith studies ⓘ
tafsir ⓘ
fullName Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari ⓘ
linked to: Al-Tabari
genre tafsir literature ⓘ
universal history ⓘ
givenName Muhammad ⓘ
honorific Imam ⓘ
influenced later Muslim historians ⓘ
later Sunni exegetes ⓘ
knownFor foundational contributions to Qur’anic exegesis ⓘ
foundational contributions to early Islamic historiography ⓘ
kunya Abu Ja‘far ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
notableWork Jami‘ al-bayan ‘an ta’wil ay al-Qur’an ⓘ
Tarikh al-rusul wa-l-muluk ⓘ
notedFor compiling early reports on Qur’anic interpretation ⓘ
comprehensive narrative of early Islamic history ⓘ
extensive use of isnad chains ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
patronymic ibn Jarir ⓘ
region Tabaristan ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
schoolTradition Sunni traditionalist exegesis ⓘ
wroteIn Arabic ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al-Tabari → kunya → Abu Ja‘far ⓘ
Muhammad al-Baqir → kunya → Abu Jaʿfar ⓘ
linked to: Abu Ja‘far
Abu Ja‘far al-Tabari → kunya → Abu Ja‘far ⓘ
subject linked to: Abu Ja‘far