Kitab al-Maghazi (ibn 'Uqba)

Kitab al-Maghazi (Arabic: كتاب المغازي) is a classical biographical work on the Prophet Muhammad authored by Musa ibn ʿUqba in the second century AH (eighth century CE). Compiled during the formative period of Islamic historiography, it is arguably the earliest surviving work in the sīrah tradition. The manuscript remained lost until Eduard Sachau rediscovered it, and a critical edition was published by Ibn Zohr University in 1994. Influenced by Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, whose work bore a similar title, it is generally considered authentic and reliable, though some of its reports have been questioned by scholars.