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Hisham was born in Damascus, the administrative capital of the Umayyad Caliphate, in AH 72 (691–692 CE). His father was the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705).
Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik (born 691, Damascus [now in Syria]—died Feb. 6, 743, Damascus) was the tenth caliph, who reigned during the final period of prosperity and glory of the Umayyads. Before his accession to the throne in 724, Hishām led a quiet life in the Umayyad court, holding no important public offices.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The biography of Ibn Hisham as narrated by Imam Al-Dhahabi in his book The History of Islam: He died in the year 11H, and his name is Abdul-Malik bn Hisham bn Ayyub. Abu Muhammad Al-Dhuhaly also reffered to as Al-Himyari (a native of Himyar, Yemen), Al-Ma’afiri, Al-Basri, the grammarian.
Hisham was born in Damascus, the administrative capital of the Umayyad Caliphate, in AH 72 (691–692 CE). His father was the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705).
Ibn Hisham has been said to have grown up in Basra and moved afterwards to Egypt. [3] His family was native to Basra but he himself was born in Old Cairo. [4] He gained a name as a grammarian and student of language and history in Egypt. His family was of Himyarite origin and belonged to Banu Ma‘afir tribe of Yemen. [1] [5]
In Islamic world: The fourth fitnah. …before the Muʿtazilite controversy began, Ibn Hishām had produced his classic recension of the sīrah, or life, of Muhammad, composed half a century earlier by Ibn Isḥāq. As in the early Christian church, these were not merely dogmatic issues.
Mar 8, 2014 · Ibn Hisham has been said to have grown up in Basra and moved afterwards to Egypt, while others have narrated that his family was descended from Basra but he himself was born in Old Cairo. Either way, it is in Egypt where he gained a name as a grammarian and student of language and history.
