Author of al-Matali (Mahmud ibn Ali al-Daqqauqi)

صاحب المطالع (محمود بن علي الدقوقي)

Mahmud ibn Ali ibn Mahmud ibn Muqbil ibn Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Daqqauqi, then al-Baghdadi, Taqi al-Din, Abu al-Thana, a Hanbali jurist and memorising hadith scholar. The knowledge of hadith and preaching in Baghdad ended with him; in his time no one read hadith better or knew its languages and vocalisation more closely, and he had some share in fiqh. Several scholars of Syria and Iraq licensed him, a circle trained in hadith through him, and many heard from him. His works include Matali al-Anwar and al-Kawakib al-Durriyya fi al-Manaqib al-Alawiyya. The header gives his death as 733 AH and his birth as 663 AH. ^{1 2}