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Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Malik bin Hisham
(Arabic: أبو محمد عبدالمالك بن هشام), or Ibn
Hisham (died 833) edited the
biography of Muhammad written by Ibn Ishaq. Ibn Ishaq's work is lost
and is now
only known in the recensions of Ibn Hisham and al-Tabari. Ibn Hisham
grew up in
Basra, Iraq, but moved afterwards to Egypt,[1] where he gained a name
as a
grammarian and student of language and history. His family was of
Himyarite
origin, though some narrators trace him to Mu'afir ibn Ya'far, while
others say
he is a Dhuhli