Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Sa‘d ibn Manī‘ al-Baṣrī al-Hāshimī or simply Ibn Sa'd () and nicknamed Scribe of Waqidi (Katib al-Waqidi), was a scholar and Arabian biographer. Ibn Sa'd was born in 784/785 CE (168 AH) and died on 16 February 845 CE (230 AH). Ibn Sa'd was from Basra, but lived mostly in Baghdad, hence the nisba al-Basri and al-Baghdadi respectively. He is said to have died at the age of 62 in Baghdad and was buried in the cemetery of the Syrian gate. Kitāb aṭ-Tabaqāt al-Kabīr The Kitāb aṭ-Tabaqāt al-Kabīr () is a compendium of biographical information about famous Islamic personalities. This eight-volume work contains the lives of Muhammad, his Companions and Helpers, including those who fought at the Battle of Badr as a special class, and of the following generation, the Followers, who received their traditions from the Companions. Ibn Sa'd's authorship of this work is attested in a postscript to the book added by a later writer. In this notice he is described as a "client of al-Husayn ibn ‘Abdullah of the ‘Abbasid family". The work was subject to a major study by a European scholar already in 1869. Contents Books 1 and 2 contain a biography (sirah) of Muhammad. Books 3 and 4 contain biographies of companions of Muhammad. Books 5, 6 and 7 contain biographies of later Islamic scholars. Book 8 contains biographies of Islamic women. Published editions Arabic (includes brief German synopses with page references for each book) [reprinted in 2022 as Biography of Muḥammad, His Companions and the Successors up to the Year 230 of the Hijra: Eduard Sachau's Edition of ‘Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kabīr’ ] In 1968, Iḥsān Abbās edited it (Beirut: Dār Sādir). Contains 11 volumes. English Volumes 1 and 2 (of the Sachau edition) were translated in 1967 and 1972, respectively, by S. Moninul Haq, Pakistan Historical Society. Ibn Sa'd's Kitab Al-Tabaqat Al-Kabir Vols. 1&2. Abridged translations of Volumes 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 have been translated by Aisha Bewley and published under the titles of The Companions of Badr, The Men of Madina-II, The Scholars of Kufa, The Men of Madina-I, and The Women of Madina. See also List of Islamic scholars References Attribution External links Biodata at MuslimScholars.info 784 births 845 deaths 9th-century historians from the Abbasid Caliphate Hadith scholars 9th-century Arabs Biographical evaluation scholars