Bishr al-Hafi

Born in the Marw region of Khurasan, probably around 150–152 AH (767–769 CE). The exact year varies across the biographical tradition. Some sources associate his origin with a village near Marw called Mabarsam/Bakird.

Bishr al-Hafi died in Baghdad in 227 AH (841–842 CE). Classical reports differ over the precise date, including reports in Rabi al-Awwal and Muharram, while the death year 227 AH is consistently prominent. A report transmitted through Ibn Sa'd's notice says that he died on a Wednesday and was about seventy-six years old.

Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi preserves an early report about Bishr ibn al-Harith's funeral stating that his bier was brought out after the morning prayer and that he was not settled in the grave until al-'atamah, meaning night/Isha time. Al-Mizzi reproduces the same report in Tahdhib al-Kamal, vol. 4, pp. 108–109. This is historical evidence of the exceptional public attendance at his funeral, but it does not by itself identify a modern grave or map location. Classical Baghdad topographical and biographical evidence places Bishr al-Hafi's grave in the cemetery of Bab Harb, on the western/northwestern side of historical Baghdad, where Ahmad ibn Hanbal and other notable figures were also buried. Modern local heritage discussion identifies that al-A'zamiyah site as a commemorative or misattributed maqam and distinguishes it from Bishr al-Hafi's historically reported Bab Harb burial. Therefore the supplied GPS is retained only as an attributed/disputed present-day map anchor and must not be presented as proof of his exact historical grave.