biography
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Tabari, al-
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in full Abu Jafar Mohammed Ben Jarir al-Tabari
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pronunciation:
[tabahree]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (839–923)
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| biography:
| Historian, born in Amol, Persia. He travelled throughout the Middle East collecting scholarly material, and wrote a major commentary on the Qur'an, and a history of the world from creation until the early 10th-c. His work provided a basis for later historical and religious studies. |
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