Al-Dhahabi

Shams ad-Dīn adh-Dhahabī (شمس الدين الذهبي), also known as Shams ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qāymāẓ ibn ʿAbdillāh at-Turkumānī al-Fāriqī ad-Dimashqī (5 October 1274 – 3 February 1348) was an Athari theologian, Islamic historian and Hadith scholar.

Al-Dhahabi
الذھبي
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Born5 October 1274
Damascus, Mamluk Sultanate now Syria
Died3 February 1348 (aged 73)
Damascus, Mamluk Sultanate now Syria
ReligionIslam
EraMedieval Era (Middle Ages)
RegionSyria
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAthari
Main interest(s)History, Fiqh, Hadith
Notable work(s)Siyar A'lam al-Nubala'
Muslim leader
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