| Religion: | Islam |
| Occupation: | Arab historian |
| Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār | |
| Al-Nassābah | |
| Birth Date: | 788 CE/172 AH Medina, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Death Date: | 870 CE/256 AH Mecca, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Ethnicity: | Arab |
| School Tradition: | Sunni |
| Main Interests: | History, Genealogy, Poetry |
| Region: | Abbasid Caliphate |
| Era: | Islamic Golden Age (Abbasid era) |
Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār (Arabic: أبو عبدالله الزبير بن بكار بن عبد الله بن مصعب بن ثابت بن عبد الله بن الزبير بن العوام, (788-870 CE / 172–256 AH), a descendant of al-Zubayr ibn al-ʻAwwām, was a leading Arab Muslim historian and genealogist[1] of the Arabs, particularly the Hijaz region. He composed a number of works on genealogy that made him a standing authority on the subject of the genealogies of the Quraysh tribe. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani regarded him as the most reliable authority on Qurayshite genealogy.[2]
He was born and raised in Medina and served as the qadi of Mecca in 242 AH (CE).[3] In one of his visits to Baghdad, Ibn Bakkar was invited by the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil to become the tutor to his son.
He died in Mecca after he fell from a roof.
Works attributed to Ibn Bakkar:[4]