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Ibn Inabah ( in ) with the full name of Sayyid Jamaluddin Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Hussein ibn Muhanna Hassani Husseini ( in ), (born 748 AH, 1347 AD/CE - died 828 AH, 1425 AD/CE, at the age of 77) was a Shiite historian and genealogist. He is from the clan of Alawids and his genealogy is related to Hasan ibn Ali through his father and to Husayn ibn Ali through his mother. He was called Ibn Inabah ( in ) because "Inabah Asghar" ( in ) was in his lineage. However, some have mistakenly called him Ibn Utabah ( in ) and Ibn Aqabah ( in ). Although his sect has been questioned, some have accepted his Imamiyyah status and have only questioned whether he is a Zaydism or not.
His most important work is "Umdat al-Talib fi Ansabi Ale Abi Talib" ( in , ') which is written in Arabic language. In this book, Ibn Inabah describes the biography of Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib's ancestors and then his descendants. Finally, he describes in more detail the descendants of Ali ( the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the first Shia Imam) through his children: Hasan ibn Ali ( the second Shia Imam), Husayn ibn Ali ( the third Shia Imam), Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya, Abbas ibn Ali ( also known by the kunya Abu al-Fadl', in , was a son of Ali ), and Umar ibn Ali (in , one of the children of Ali who accompanied his brother, Husayn ibn Ali, to Karbala and was killed on the day of Ashura'') in five chapters.
Ibn Inabah was probably born in Hillah, Iraq. According to his autobiography, his lineage reaches back to Ali ibn Abi Talib ( the first Shia Imam) through 20 intermediaries. He is considered a descendant of Abd Allah al-Mahd ( an Ulama, Theology and hadith narrator, grandson of both Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali), hence his lineage is "Hassani-Husseini". His relationship is to Hasan ibn Ali ( the second Shia Imam) through his father and to Husayn ibn Ali ( the third Shia Imam) through his mother, and this is why Ibn Inabah is sometimes called " Hassani"
"Inabah Akbar" ( in ) was the ancestor of a tribe of " Bani al-Hassan" ( children and grandchildren of Hasan ibn Ali, the second Shia Imam) nobles who lived in Iraq, around Hillah city.
As can be seen from Ibn Inabah circumstances, after the death of his master " Ibn Mu'ayyah", he embarked on a journey of exploration and traveled to Isfahan, Herat, Samarkand, Mecca, and Mazaar (in the Mishan Plain), and benefited from the knowledge of many genealogists.
Ibn Inabah can be considered to be on the same level with Muhammad ibn Makki ( known as "First Martyr", in , a famous Faqih who sacrificed his life for his religion). Both of these individuals were engaged in narrating and transmitting through " Ibn Mu'ayyah" from al-Allama al-Hilli ( one of the most influential Twelver Shi'i Muslim authors of all time).
But this seems to be incorrect, although it is not certain that he was a Twelver Shia.
of Shia Islam ), because his expressions and his references confirm that he was a member of Zaydism sect. For example, Ibn Inabah'' says about Muhammad al-Mahdi: "There is a twelfth Imam according to the Imamiyyah, and he is the awaited Mahdi according to them."
In the preface to "Umdat al-Talib Timuri" ( the same book "Umdat al-Talib fi Ansabi Ale Abi Talib" by Ibn Inabah which was dedicated to the then emperor, Timur),
where Ibn Inabah speaks about the qualities of Amir Timur Gurkani, he praises Ibn Inabah in the following words: "... the owner of the sublime kingdoms, possessing the prophetic knowledge, the truthful eloquence, the noble verifier with immunity, the luminous generosity, and the approved enthusiasm...". These reasons are used as evidence that he was a Zaydism by proponents of that view.
Ibn Inabah prepared the third edition for Sultan Muhammad ibn Falah Musha'sha'ie ( an -born theology who founded the Musha'sha'iya, a Shia sect, the living ancestor of Sadat and the ruler of "Huwayzah" at the time) and finished writing it on 10 Safar 827 AH - 22 January 1424 AD/CE.
In the preface to the first two editions, Ibn Inabah says that he wrote this book because a group of people doubted the genealogy of the family of Abi Talib.
This book has an introduction and 3 chapters, the title of the introduction is "On the Explanation of the Origin of Generation". In this book, the human lineage from Adam to Noah is briefly described, then Noah's descendants are followed in greater detail and with clearer classification, and the descendants of each of Noah's descendants are mentioned, especially the kings of Mesopotamia, Iran, and other places. The scope of this genealogy extends to the Arabs tribes and the ancestors of the Prophet " Muhammad" and is linked to Abi Talib, and finally the children of Abu Talib are examined and arranged in the style and context of the main author, like the edition "Jalali Umdat al-Talib". In this book, Ibn Inabah sometimes criticizes the opinions of others.
Ibn Inabah wrote this book for " Fakhruddin Hassan ibn Shamsuddin Muhammad", who was a famous scholar in Sabzevar, a descendant of Imam Ali al-Sajjad ( also known as "Zayn al-Abidin", in , was the great-grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the fourth imam in Shia Islam), succeeding his father, Husayn ibn Ali ( the third Shia Imam), his uncle, Hasan ibn Ali ( the second Imam in Shia), and his grandfather, Ali ( the first Imam in Shia).
Al-Fosul al-Fakhriyah
Ibn Inabah s another book, "Al-Fosul al-Fakhriyah fi Usul al-Bariyah" (in , '), is in Persian language and was published in Tehran in 1346 SH - 1967 AD/CE with the efforts of "Jalaluddin Hosseini Mohaddes Armavi''". This book briefly describes the lineage from Adam to Noah.
Other works
Other works by Ibn Inabah, manuscripts of which are available, are as follows:
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