ʾAḥmad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Jābir al-Balādhurī (Arabic: أحمد بن يحيى بن جابر البلاذري; died 892 or 893) was a 9th-century Muslim historian. A West Asian historians, he spent most of his life in Baghdad and was at the court of the caliph al-Mutawakkil. He travelled in Syria and Iraq, compiling information for his major works.
His name is also found in the variant forms Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Jabir Al-Baladhuri, Balazry Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Jabir Abul Hasan and Abi al-Hassan Baladhuri.
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