السمعاني

السمعاني

c. 1166 CE · 562 AH

Abu Sa'd Abd al-Karim ibn Muhammad al-Sam'ani al-Marwazi, d. AH 562 — his al-Ansab, 'a great work in the genre' in eight volumes, epitomised by Ibn al-Athir as al-Lubab and by al-Suyuti as Lubb al-Lubab 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · أبو المحاسن الشواء · Ali ibn Isma'il al-Abyari · Al-Anbari, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad · al-Azdi al-Qurtubi

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موجز

الإمام أبو سعد عبد الكريم بن محمد المروزي، شافعي، حافظ، توفي سنة 562هـ. 2

كتاب الأنساب

كتابه الأنساب عظيم في فنه، يبلغ تمامه ثماني مجلدات، لكنه قليل الوجود. لخصه ابن الأثير الجزري باسم «اللباب»، ثم لخصه السيوطي باسم «لب اللباب». 2

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الأنساب

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الأنساب

Sources

  1. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.), p. 653
  2. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.), p.653
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islam.museum contributors. “السمعاني”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-samani/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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الأنساب

Al-Sam'ani's al-Ansab — the great dictionary of nisbas in eight volumes, rare in its complete form.