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Author | Al-Dhahabi |
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Original title | سير أعلام النبلاء |
Language | Arabic |
Subject | Biographical dictionary |
Genre | Biography |
Published | 14th century |
Publication place | Mamluk Sultanate |
Media type | Manuscript |
Pages | 28 volumes |
Siyar A‘lām al-Nubalā’ (Arabic:سير أعلام النبلاء,lit. 'Biographies of Eminent Nobles') is abiographical dictionary written byal-Dhahabi containing biographies of eminent Muslims throughout Islamic history up to al-Dhahabi's era.[1][additional citation(s) needed]. The first two of theSiyar's fourteen volumes, which concern the life of Muhammad and theRashidun caliphs, are reproduced from al-Dhahabi's more expansiveTarikh.[2] Al-Dhahabi divided the book into chapters according to the generations in which the different personalities lived.[3][additional citation(s) needed].
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