(*) Yatimat al-Dahr, vol. 3, pp. 397–404; Dumyat al-Qasr, vol. 3, pp. 1479–1480; Tartib al-Madarik, vol. 4, pp. 610–611; Nuzhat al-Albaʾ, pp. 320–322; al-Muntazam, vol. 7, p. 103 and the obituary section, p. 369; Muʿjam al-Udabaʾ, vol. 4, pp. 80–98; al-Tadwin fi Tarikh Qazwin by al-Rafiʿi, fol. 146; Inbah al-Ruwat, vol. 1, pp. 92–95; al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh, vol. 8, p. 711; Wafayat al-Aʿyan, vol. 1, pp. 118–120; al-Mukhtasar fi Akhbar al-Bashar, vol. 2, p. 142; Tarikh al-Islam, vol. 4, p. 97, nos. 1–2; Talkhis Ibn Maktum, fols. 15–16; al-Mustafad min Dhayl Tarikh Baghdad, pp. 65–67; Uyun al-Tawarikh, vol. 12, plates 258–261; al-Wafi bi-l-Wafayat, vol. 7, pp. 278–280; Mirat al-Jinan, vol. 2, p. 422; al-Bidaya wa-l-Nihaya, vol. 11, p. 335; al-Dibaj al-Mudhahhab, vol. 1, pp. 163–165; al-Falaka wa-l-Mufallakun, pp. 108–110; Tabaqat Ibn Qadi Shuhba, vol. 1, pp. 230–232; al-Nujum al-Zahira, vol. 4, p. 212; Bughyat al-Wuʿat, vol. 1, pp. 352–353; Tabaqat al-Mufassirin, vol. 1, pp. 59–61; Miftah al-Saʿada, vol. 1, p. 96; Shadharāt al-Dhahab, vol. 3, pp. 132–133; Rawdat al-Janat, pp. 64–65; Idah al-Maknun, vol. 1, p. 421; Hadiyat al-ʿArifin, vol. 1, pp. 68–69; Sallam al-Wusul, p. 112; Aʿyan al-Shiʿa, vol. 9, pp. 215–228. See also the introduction to Muʿjam Maqayis al-Lugha written by Ustadh ʿAbd al-Salam Harun. (1) Al-Muntazam wrongly gives the name as “Abu al-Husayn b. Ahmad,” inserting an extra “b.”. (2) Al-Dibaj al-Mudhahhab records him as “Ahmad b. Zakariyya b. Faris.” (3) Haji Khalifa states that the author “divided the opening part of the book into ‘sections’ (abwab) and the rest into ‘chapters’ (fusul), as is done in al-Maghrib; he confined himself to authentic, clear Arabic usage, avoiding rare and objectionable expressions, and preferred conciseness….” Al-Burhan al-Halabi adds that the compiler of al-Qamus traced a thousand slips made by Ibn Faris in the Mujmal, despite the high regard and praise he expressed for him (Kashf al-Zunun, p. 1605). Only the first volume of the Mujmal has ever been printed, twice in Cairo: in 1914 and in 1947, both editions prepared by Shaykh Muhyi al-Din ʿAbd al-Hamid and reaching the lemma d-l-k. A further portion, up to the letter jim, was edited by Sayyid Muhammad Mustafa Ibrahim Radwan for his Ph.D. at Cairo University. The publishing house Muʾassasat al-Risala is currently issuing a complete critical edition under the supervision of Dr. Zuhayr ʿAbd al-Muhsin Sultan. Ibn Faris’s other lexicon, Muʿjam Maqayis al-Lugha, has already appeared in full, edited by Ustadh ʿAbd al-Salam Harun.