HISHAM IBN AL-KALBI (Abu-1 Mundhir Hisham ibn Mahommed ibn us-Sa'ib ul-Kalb) (d. c. 819), Arabic historian, was born in Kufa but spent much of his life in Baghdad. Like his father, he collected information about the genealogies and history of the ancient Arabs. According to the Fihrist (see NADIM) he wrote 140 works, most of which are lost. His account of the genealogies of the Arabs is continually quoted in the Kitab ul Aghani.
Large extracts from another of his works, the Kitab are contained in the Khizanat (iii. 242-246) and in the geography of Yaqut (q.v.). These latter have been translated by J. Wellhausen in Reste des arabischen Heidentums (2nd ed., 1897). (G. W. T.; X.)