Khulasat al-Wafa bi-Akhbar Dar al-Mustafa (al-Samhudi)

By al-Samhudi

خلاصة الوفا بأخبار دار المصطفى

The shortest of al-Samhudi's three books on the history of Medina, about half the length of Wafa' al-Wafa' while gathering its aims; its editor says it had been printed several times before.

Depth

At a glance

Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Arabia

CitiesSacred space and pilgrimage

Summary

Khulasat al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa is the third and shortest of al-Samhudi's books on the history of Medina; the editor of Wafa' al-Wafa describes it as an abridgement "of about half of Wafa' al-Wafa, gathering its aims and improving its description". 1 The editor says that this book and Wafa' al-Wafa had been printed several times before his edition, without proper division or vocalization, and he cites the Khulasa when correcting readings of Wafa' al-Wafa. 1 2 He lists it among the author's works in his biography. 3

Connections

Explore the connections

About
Medina

People and things also explored

Iqtifa' al-Wafa bi-Akhbar Dar al-Mustafa (al-Samhudi)· Wafa' al-Wafa bi-Akhbar Dar al-Mustafa (al-Samhudi)· Sabil (public water fountain)· The burial of the Prophet· The change of the qibla· Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas· al-Khaliqa (Dhu al-Khalifa)· Mosque of the Two Qiblas

Sources

  1. Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print) , p.7
  2. Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print) , p.152
  3. Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print) , p.9
Cite this page

islam.museum contributors. “Khulasat al-Wafa bi-Akhbar Dar al-Mustafa (al-Samhudi)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/khulasat-al-wafa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-04.

Improve this page on GitHub · Report an error · Help complete it · JSON

Wing

Place

Cities, sites and routes on a map that moves through time.
Related

Iqtifa' al-Wafa bi-Akhbar Dar al-Mustafa (al-Samhudi)

The first and largest of al-Samhudi's three books on the history of Medina, never finished: its author left it in the Prophet's Mosque when he travelled to Mecca and it burned in the fire that struck parts of the mosque, as the editor of Wafa' al-Wafa' relates.