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Iranian scholar, historian and commentator on the Qur'an (839–923)

Also known as: at-Tabarī, Abû Dscha'far Muhammad Ibn Dscharîr Ibn Jazîd at-Tabari, Abû Dscha'far Muhammad Ibn Dscharîr Ibn Yazîd at- Tabari, al-Tabari, Tabari, Ибн Джарир ат-Табари

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Known works

Tārĭkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk (1998)
Dalāʾil al-Imāmah
Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī
Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī min kitābihi Jāmiʻ al-bayān ʻan taʼwīl āy al-Qurʼān
Dāstān-i payāmbarān