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  "ar": "سيرة ابن إسحاق برواية ابن هشام",
  "en": "The Sira of Ibn Ishaq in Ibn Hisham's recension"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "أقدم سيرة نبوية متصلة باقية؛ ألفها محمد بن إسحاق (ت 151هـ) ثم هذّبها ولخصها عبد الملك بن هشام (ت 213هـ أو 218هـ) فصارت المعروفة بـ«السيرة النبوية لابن هشام».",
  "en": "The earliest surviving continuous biography of the Prophet; composed by Muhammad ibn Ishaq (d. 151 AH) and abridged/recast by Abd al-Malik ibn Hisham (d. 213 or 218 AH) — the text known as Ibn Hisham's Sira."
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  "history-writing-and-social-thought",
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   "hijri": "0150~",
   "calendar": "julian",
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   "note": "Ibn Ishaq died 151/767; Ibn Hisham's recension followed in the early 3rd century AH.",
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   "person/ibn-hisham"
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   "edtf": "0767~",
   "hijri": "0150~",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "decade",
   "status": "historical",
   "note": "Ibn Ishaq died 151/767; Ibn Hisham's recension followed in the early 3rd century AH.",
   "sources": [
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   ]
  },
  "structure": "four ajza' in the Saqqa/Halabi edition; juz' 4 covers the period from Jafar's return from Abyssinia and Khaybar to the Prophet's death and burial",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "sira-ibn-hisham saqqa 1936, juz' 4 scan"
  },
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  "sources": [
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  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
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   "generated_by": "Devin; mined from the 1936 Halabi scan"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "أقدم سيرة نبوية متصلة باقية. ألفها [[person/ibn-ishaq|محمد بن إسحاق]] (ت 151هـ). ثم هذّبها ولخصها [[person/ibn-hisham|عبد الملك بن هشام]] (ت 213هـ أو 218هـ)، فصارت تُعرف بـ«السيرة النبوية لابن هشام». {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa}\n\nتقع في أربعة أجزاء في طبعة السقا والحلبي. ويغطي الجزء الرابع الفترة من عودة جعفر من الحبشة وخيبر إلى وفاة النبي ودفنه. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa}"
    }
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   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "work/sira-ibn-ishaq-ibn-hisham",
    "lang": "ar",
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   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "The oldest surviving continuous biography of the Prophet. It was written by [[person/ibn-ishaq|Muhammad ibn Ishaq]] (d. 151 AH). It was then refined and abridged by [[person/ibn-hisham|Abd al-Malik ibn Hisham]] (d. 213 or 218 AH), and became known as \"The Prophetic Biography of Ibn Hisham\". {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa}\n\nIn the Saqqa and Halabi edition it runs to four volumes. The fourth volume covers the period from the return of Ja'far from Abyssinia and Khaybar to the death and burial of the Prophet. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa}"
    }
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    "lang": "en",
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    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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   "updated": "2026-10-16"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "سب سے قدیم متصل نبوی سیرت جو باقی ہے۔ اسے [[person/ibn-ishaq|محمد بن اسحاق]] (وفات 151ھ) نے لکھا۔ پھر [[person/ibn-hisham|عبد الملک بن ہشام]] (وفات 213ھ یا 218ھ) نے اسے تہذیب اور تلخیص کیا، تو یہ «السیرۃ النبویۃ لابن ہشام» کے نام سے معروف ہوئی۔ {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa}\n\nسقا اور حلبی کے ایڈیشن میں یہ چار جلدوں میں ہے۔ چوتھی جلد جعفر کی حبشہ سے واپسی اور خیبر سے لے کر نبی کی وفات اور تدفین تک کا دور ڈھانپتی ہے۔ {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa}"
    }
   ],
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    "lang": "ur",
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    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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   },
   "updated": "2026-10-19"
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  "person/dhu-al-qarnayn"
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