Marwan ibn Muhammad is killed at Busir
Al-Tabari reports that Marwan ibn Muhammad was killed at Busir in Egypt in Dhu al-Hijja 132 AH.
What this does and does not establish
Wikisource revision 112405. Accounts at 4003 and 4011–4015 differ over the encounter and killer. Line 4023 dates his death to Sunday, three nights remaining in Dhu al-Hijja; line 4015 also attaches that dating formula to dispatch of his head. Only the shared month and year are retained.
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- Region
- Northern Africa
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- Dhu al-Hijja 132 AH
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
Read tabari7.wikitext: heading 3833, accounts 3997–4025, quotation 4011, death date 4023, and next heading 4161. Read hijri-bounds-701.txt line 637: Dhu al-Hijja 132 runs Julian 750-07-11 through 750-08-08; buffered first and last dates are 750-07-08 and 750-08-11. Original quotation begins at line 4011, character 614810.
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Al-Tabari, History of Prophets and Kings, book 7 (Arabic Wikisource division)
Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
Quoted text (Arabic)
فوجدوه نازلًا في كنيسة في بوصيرAI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
They found him staying in a church in Busir.
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