Abi Ja'afar Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (838-923 أبي جعفر محمد بن جرير الطبري) ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin farko, mafi muhimmanci kuma sanannen Fasha masana tarihi da kuma masu bayanin na Kur'ani, mafi shahara akan TARIKH al-Tabari ( Tarihin Annabawa da Sarakuna ) da Tafsirin al-Tabari . Tabari (Farsi: طبری), Abu Jafar Muhammad bn Jarir at-Tabari, Sunansa yana nufin "mahaifin Jafar, wanda aka sanya wa sunan Annabi Muhammad, ɗan Jarir, daga lardin Tabaristan ". An haife shi a Amol, Tabaristan, kusan kilomita ashirin kudu da Tekun Kaspian, a lokacin sanyi na 838-9. Ya kasance mai neman ilimi Ya bar gida don yin karatu a AH 236 (850-1) lokacin da yake sha biyu. Ya kasance yana da kusanci da garin sa. Ya dawo aƙalla sau biyu, na ƙarshe a AH 290 (903) lokacin da maganarsa ta haifar da rashin kwanciyar hankali kuma hakan ya haifar da saurin tashi. http://www.salaam.co.uk/knowledge/biography/viewentry.php?id=114 http://www.answering-ansar.org/biographies/abu_jaffar_muhammad_tabari/ Archived Rosenthal, Franz, "The Life and Works of al-Tabari" pp. 10-11 Rosenthal ibid p.