Khalifah ibn Khayyat
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Khalifah ibn Khayyat
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Abū ʿAmr Khalīfa ibn Khayyāṭ al-Laythī al-ʿUṣfurī was an Arab historian. His family were natives of Basra in Iraq. His grandfather was a noted muhaddith or traditionalist, and Khalifa became renowned for this also. Among the great Islamic scholars who were his pupils were Bukhari and Ahmad ibn Hanbal. He wrote at least four works, of which two have survived, these being the Tabaqat (biographies) and Tarikh (history). The latter is valuable as being one of three of the earliest Arabic histories,
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Arab historian of Abbasid era (777-854)
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2023-08-22T04:11:51Z
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