al-Zirikli, al-A'lam: Qamus Tarajim, vol. 2 (first edition, al-Matba'a al-Arabiyya, Cairo, 1346/1927)

الزركلي، الأعلام: قاموس تراجم، الجزء الثاني ⁦(الطبعة الأولى، المطبعة العربية بمصر، 1346هـ/1927م)⁩

Volume 2 of the first edition of al-A'lam - a dictionary of the best-known men and women among the Arabs, the Arabised and the Orientalists, pre-Islamic, Islamic and modern - by Khayr al-Din al-Zirikli, 1346/1927, copyright of the author; it begins with the letter shin, each entry with its source in a footnote.