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Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin

موسوعة أعلام العلماء والأدباء العرب والمسلمين

An institutional encyclopedia in eight volumes of alphabetically arranged biographies of Arab and Muslim scholars and writers — an ALECSO project — recording for each figure his lineage, upbringing, achievements and works, with indexes and sources.

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Overview

An institutional encyclopaedia in eight volumes, with biographies of the scholars and men of letters of the Arabs and Muslims, arranged alphabetically. It is one of the projects of the Arab Organization for Education, Culture and Science. 1

Its contents and structure

For each figure it gathers his lineage, upbringing, achievements and writings, with indexes and sources. 1 The first volume begins with "al-Abri" and ends with "al-Asir". The copy consulted contains volumes 1–5 and 7–8; volume 6 is missing. 1

People and things also explored

Disputing the count of raids and sariyas· Stopping the genealogy at Ma'add· The sending of Amr ibn Hazm to Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b and the Prophet's written charge to him· The sending of Mu'adh ibn Jabal to Yemen and the Prophet's charge to him· استحداث صلاح الدين القضاء الشافعي بمصر· Abd al-Jabbar al-Jumurd· Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti· Abd al-Rahman Badawi

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas

The maghazi arithmetic disputes: Ibn Ishaq's twenty-six raids versus the twenty-seven that split Wadi'l-Qura from Khaybar; nine pitched battles common to both lists with al-Waqidi adding Wadi'l-Qura and al-Ghaba for eleven; and the sariya counts ranging from thirty-five to al-Waqidi's forty-eight (in al-Tabari's chain) to sixty-six.