Uthman ibn Bishr
Uthman ibn Abdullah ibn Uthman ibn Bishr of the Banu Zayd, a Qahtanite tribe, famously known as Ibn Bishr was a Saudi historian, littérateur, and genealogist. He was a contemporary of the First Saudi State and the Second Saudi State, and he chronicled their events in his book Unwan al-Majd fi Tarikh Najd.
Lineage
He is Uthman ibn Abdullah ibn Uthman ibn Ahmad ibn Bishr ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hammad ibn Harqus ibn Fayyad ibn Atwi ibn Zayd, from Quda'a, from Qahtan.Early life
He was born in the town of Jalajil, one of the towns of Najd in the Sudair region, in the year 1210 AH. He grew up there, received his education, and memorized the Quran. He was passionate about knowledge and fond of scholars, traveling throughout Sudair, Al-Washm, and Riyadh in pursuit of knowledge.Studies in Diriyah
He traveled to Diriyah in 1224 AH. There, he learned from its scholars, including- Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab.
- Ibrahim ibn Saif.
- Ali ibn Ghunaym ibn Saif, the judge of Unaizah.
- Uthman ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Mansur, the judge of the towns of Sudair during the time of Imam Faisal bin Turki.
- Mansur al-Nasiri al-Tamimi.
- Ali ibn Yahya ibn Sa'id, the judge of Sudair.
- Abd al-Karim ibn Mu'ayqil.
Works
Unwan al-Majd fi Tarikh Najd, in two parts.Suhayl fi Dhikr al-Khayl, a book concerning equine affairs.Al-Isharah fi Ma'rifat Manazil al-Sab' al-Sayyarah.Murshid al-Khasa'is wa Mubdi al-Naqa'is fi al-Thuqala' wa al-Hamqa wa Ghayr Dhalik, published with an investigation by Dr. Hamad ibn Nasir Al-Dakhil.- An index of Tabaqat al-Hanabila by Ibn Rajab, arranged alphabetically.Bughyat al-Hasib.
- A short treatise on the biography of Yusuf ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badri al-Wa'ili, one of the notables of Kuwait.