220 Alfred von Kremers edition of W/iqidy. [No. 2. 



they been consulted by Ibn 'Oqbah and Abu Ma'shar, but nearly 

 the whole of Ibn .ffibban's biography of Mohammad is taken from 

 Abu IsMq, and he as well as Abu Mijlaz are constantly quoted by 

 Bokhary, Ibn Sa'd and Ibn Aby Shay bah (d. 235). 



Abii IsMq 'Amr b. 'Abd Allah Hamdany, was a soldier by profes- 

 sion and took part in several campaigns. His pay amounted to 

 300 dirhams a month, and according to another account, referring 

 perhaps to a different time, to one thousand. He saw a great many 

 companions of the prophet and among them 'Alyy, and recorded 

 traditions from thirty-eight of them. His principal informant is 

 Bara b. 'Azib, who offered his services for the Badr campaign, but 

 was rejected on account of his youth, and died in 72. We have 

 details on every chapter of the biography of MoAammad from 

 Abu IsMq, but in many instances though palpably fictitious they 

 agree literally with those contained in Ibn Is/aaq, though they rest 

 on different authorities. Abu IsMq attained the high age of ninety- 

 nine years, and died in 127 or 128. 



All the men whom I have hitherto mentioned were of Madynah, 

 or at least belonged to the Madynah school, but Abu Mijlaz La^iq 

 b. jjfomayd Sodusy was of Bacrah, and spent the greater part of 

 his life in Persia. He came with Qotaybah b. Moslim to Marw and 

 settled there, and it would appear that he was placed in charge of the 

 public treasury and mint of Khorasan. He died between 100 and 109. 

 Among his informants were Jondob b. 'Abd Allah, d. after A. H. 

 60, iZasan, the son of 'Alyy, Ibn Nohayk and others. His traditions 

 are of greater importance for the life of Mohammad than those of 

 any other authority. They are numerous, and there is every reason 

 to suppose that they have been taken down during his lifetime. 



It was my intention to bring the history of the biography of 

 Mohammad down to the time of Waqidy and his secretary, and to 

 examine their authorities as well as those of the historical traditions 

 contained in Ibn Aby Shaybah, d. 235, but this article already 

 extends to such a length, that I must conclude my history with the 

 year 140, after the death of Mo7«immad. There is another subject 

 which might have been of some interest, and that is the manner in 

 which traditions were propagated in those days, and the canons of 

 criticism which were in vogue. 



