Al-Dhahabi
Sign in to saveShams ad-Dīn Al Dhahabī (5 October 1274 – 3 February 1348) was a Syrian Sunni Muslim historian, biographer, and hadith scholar. He authored major biographical and historical works including ''Siyar A'lam al-Nubala, Tadhkirat al-Huffaz, and Tarikh al-Islam''.
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- Grandes Femmes de L'Islam
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Key facts
- Religious biography.religion
- Islam
- Religious biography.region
- Sham
- Religious biography.era
- Medieval Era (Middle Ages)
- Religious biography.name
- Al-Dhahabi
- Religious biography.native_name
- شَمْسُ الدِّينِ الذَّهَبِيُّ
- Religious biography.native_name_lang
- ar
- Religious biography.birth_date
- 5 October 1274 (672 AH)
- Religious biography.death_date
- 3 February 1348 (748 AH) (aged 73)
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Damascus, Mamluk Sultanate
- Religious biography.death_place
- Damascus, Mamluk Sultanate (now Syria)
- Religious biography.denomination
- Sunni
- Religious biography.Maddhab
- Shafi'i
- Religious biography.creed
- Athari
- Religious biography.main_interests
- History, Fiqh, Hadith, Aqidah
- Religious biography.influences
- Ibn Asakir, Ibn Daqiq al-'Id, Al-Dimyati, Zaynab bint ʿUmar b. al-Kindī, Ibn Taymiyya
- Religious biography.influenced
- Salah al-Din al-Ala'i, Ibn Kathir, Taj al-Din al-Subki, Ibn Rajab, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
- Religious biography.works
- ''Siyar A'lam al-Nubala'Mizan al-Itidal''
- Religious biography.title
- Imam
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Muhammad
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Kafr Batna
- Place of death
- Damascus
- Occupation
- historian
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Native language
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Student of
- Taqi al-Din al-Subki
- Field of work
- history
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- date of death
- 1348-02-04
- date of birth
- 1274-10-05
- name in native language
- مُحمَّد بن أحمد بن عُثمان بن قايماز الذهبي
- medical condition
- blindness
- nickname
- أبو عبد الله
- Commons category
- Al-Dhahabi
- honorific suffix
- rahimahullah
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Shams ad-Dīn Al Dhahabī (5 October 1274 – 3 February 1348) was a Syrian Sunni Muslim historian, biographer, and hadith scholar. He authored major biographical and historical works including ''Siyar A'lam al-Nubala, Tadhkirat al-Huffaz, and Tarikh al-Islam''.
Among his best-known teachers and scholarly associates were al-Mizzi, al-Birzali, and Ibn Taymiyya.
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