Ibn Aʿtham al-Kūfī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Judd, Steven C.
Leiden
Brill
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Abū Muḥammad Aḥmad Ibn Aʿtham al-Kūfī is known largely for his Kitāb al-futūḥ ("Book of conquests"), an early narrative of the Islamic conquests. Biographical sources offer little information about him. Yāqūt (d. 626/1229) labels him a Shīʿī and a weak muḥaddith (transmitter), a description copied by al-Ṣafadī (d. 764/1363) and Ibn Ḥajar (d. 852/1448) (al-Safadī, 6:256, Ibn Ḥajar, 1:138). He is credited with three written works. In addition to the Kitāb al-futūḥ , he also wrote a Kitāb al-taʾrīkh ("Book