According to Iranica, the Chor Bakr necropolis near the village of Sumitan (Samtin), about 5 km outside the Shirgaran Gate of Bukhara, grew up around his venerated tomb; the Juybari shaikhs were the custodians of this tomb. Died 360 H/970.
Differing Scholarly Views
Sources differ on his date: Iranica ČĀR BAKR (Pugachenkova), BUKHARA iii (Bregel, citing Moʿīn-al-Foqarāʾ) and UNESCO 5305 give d. 360/970-71, whereas Iranica JUYBĀRIS (McChesney) states that by the 15th century the shrine commemorated 'a 13th-century Bukharan scholar, Emām Abu Bakr Saʿd'. UNESCO describes him as 'one of the four Abu-Bakrs … descendants of the Prophet Muhammad'; this attribution is reported as the source states it, without judgement by the atlas.
Sources
- Encyclopaedia Iranica — Galina A. Pugachenkova · vol. Vol. IV, Fasc. 7, p. 788, entry “ČĀR BAKR”
- Encyclopaedia Iranica — Yuri Bregel · vol. Vol. IV, Fasc. 5, pp. 515-521, entry “BUKHARA iii. After the Mongol Invasion”
- Encyclopaedia Iranica — Robert D. McChesney · vol. Vol. XV, Fasc. 3, pp. 262-268, entry “JUYBĀRIS”
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre — Tentative Lists / Nomination Files
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