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  "ar": "الحافظ الكبير صاحب تاريخ بغداد؛ ولد سنة ثمان وسبعين وخمسمائة؛ واسع الحفظ تام المعرفة بالفن؛ رتبه المستنصر بالله مع أبي منصور الحريمي شيخين لدار الحديث بالمستنصرية يشغلان بعلم الحديث {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 235}.",
  "en": "The great hafiz (b. 578, d. 643) — author of the Tarikh Baghdad that continues al-Khatib's; al-Mustansir paired him with Abu Mansur al-Harimi as the two hadith shaykhs of his madrasa's dar al-hadith {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 235}."
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   "note": "وردت ترجمته في أموات سنة ثلاث وأربعين وستمائة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 235}."
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   "note": "وردت ترجمته في أموات سنة ثلاث وأربعين وستمائة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 235}."
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   "source": "شذرات الذهب — ابن العماد (ج5، سنة 643)، قراءة آبل فيجن",
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     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "ابن النجار الحافظ الكبير صاحب تاريخ بغداد؛ ولد سنة ثمان وسبعين وخمسمائة، واسع الحفظ تام المعرفة بالفن؛ رتبه المستنصر بالله مع أبي منصور الحريمي شيخين لدار الحديث بالمستنصرية يشغلان بعلم الحديث. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 235}"
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     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Ibn al-Najjar, the great hafiz, author of the Tarikh Baghdad; born 578, vast of memory and perfect in knowledge of the art — al-Mustansir appointed him with Abu Mansur al-Harimi the two shaykhs of the Mustansiriyya's dar al-hadith, busied with the science of hadith. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 235}"
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     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "ابن النجار، بڑے حافظ، تاریخ بغداد کے صاحب؛ 578ھ میں پیدا، وسیع حفظ اور فن کی کامل معرفت — مستنصر نے اسے اور ابو منصور حریمی کو مستنصریہ کے دار الحدیث کے دو شیخ مقرر کیا، علم حدیث میں مشغول۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 235}"
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