al-Daw' al-Lami' on the Ninth Century's Notables
الضوء اللامع لأهل القرن التاسع
Al-Sakhawi's multi-volume biographical dictionary of the ninth Hijri century, in which — after the hadith masters' custom — he included his own entry 1.
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- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
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Overview
A biographical dictionary compiled by the hadith scholar al-Sakhawi for the people of the ninth century AH, in several volumes. He included an entry on himself, in the manner of the hadith scholars, as Ibn al-Imad also reports. 2
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Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p. 432
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p.432
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Daw' al-Lami' on the Ninth Century's Notables”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/al-daw-al-lami/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.