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al-Daw' al-Lami' on the Ninth Century's Notables

By Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi

الضوء اللامع لأهل القرن التاسع

Al-Sakhawi's multi-volume biographical dictionary of the ninth Hijri century, in which — after the hadith masters' custom — he included his own entry 1.

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The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Egypt & Nile
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A biographical dictionary compiled by the hadith scholar al-Sakhawi for the people of the ninth century AH, in several volumes. He included an entry on himself, in the manner of the hadith scholars, as Ibn al-Imad also reports. 2

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  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 432
  2. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.432
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