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Musa ibn 'Uqba al-Asadī ( ; 675–758), known with his honorific as Mūsā ibn ʿUqba , was an early Arab historian and traditionalist , and was also an expert on maghāzī , the military expeditions in which the Prophet of Islam Muhammad personally participated.1He composed a Kitāb al-maghāzī (Book on maghāzī), thought to be lost, which was however cited by other historians after him, such as al-Wāqidī , Ṭabarī and Ibn Kathīr . A manuscript of Kitab al-maghazi was recently rediscovered and is due to be published (per July 2022). Encyclopaedia of Islam , Second Edition . "بحمد الله، شرع في طبع مغازي الإمام موسى بن عقبة المدني المطرفي (ت 141 ه)، وهي أصح سيرة وأقدمها بإطلاق، بعد أن أعثرنا الله على نسختها الفريدة، ووقع تحقيقها وتخريج أحاديثها؛ وهذا بلا ريب فتح في المعلم" .2
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Arab Historian and Traditionalist Mūsā ibn ʿUqbah ibn Abī ʿAyyāsh al-Asadi al-Miṭraqī ( Arabic : موسى بن عقبة بن أبي عياش الأسدي المطرفي ; d. 758/759 CE), known with his honorific as Mūsā ibn ʿUqba ( [/ˈmuː.saː ʔibn ʕuq.ba/] ), was an early Medinan historian , Jurist and traditionalist , pupil of Zuhri , and was a freed slave of the family of Zubair .Imam Malik was his pupil in this art and was full of praise of him, and was also an expert on maghāzī , the military expeditions on Sīrah .He wrote a Maghāzī which was lost after 14th century but rediscovered in 2021 when a manuscript was found.
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expert on maghāzī
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