of the printed books that contain his biography, together with their authors’ names, the authors’ years of death, the number of pages allocated to the entry, the exact page on which it begins, the relevant volume, and the place and date of publication. In this way anyone who wishes to consult the accounts of his life—may Allah have mercy on him—will know where to look, and will also see at a glance which treatments are extensive and which are brief. They are as follows:

– Author and year of death – Title of the book – Pages of the biography – First page – Volume – Place and date of printing

– al-Khatīb al-Baghdādī (d. 463 AH) – Tārīkh Baghdād – 31 pages – p. 4 – vol. 2 – Egypt, 1349 AH

– al-Qāḍī Muḥammad ibn Abī Yaʿlā (d. 526 AH) – Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanābilah – 9 pages – p. 271 – vol. 1 – Egypt, al-Sunnah al-Muḥammadiyyah Press

– Ibn Khallikān (d. 681 AH) – Wafayāt al-Aʿyān – 3 pages – p. 309 – vol. 3 – Egypt, 1367 AH

– al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī (d. 748 AH) – Tadhkirat al-Ḥuffāẓ – 2 pages – p. 134 – vol. 2 – Hyderabad, India

– Ibn al-Subkī (d. 771 AH) – Ṭabaqāt al-Shāfiʿiyyah al-Kubrā – 18 pages – p. 2 – vol. 2 – Egypt, 1324 AH

– al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Kathīr (d. 774 AH) – al-Bidāyah wa-l-Nihāyah – 3 pages – p. 24 – vol. 11 – Saʿādah Press, Egypt

– al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (d. 852 AH) – Hidāy al-Sārī – 17 pages – p. 255 – vol. 2 – Egypt, 1383 AH

– al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (d. 852 AH) – Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb – 9 pages – p. 47 – vol. 9 – Hyderabad, 1326 AH

– al-ʿAlīmī al-Ḥanbalī (d. 928 AH) – al-Minhaj al-Aḥmad – 4 pages – p. 133 – vol. 1 – Egypt, 1383 AH

– Ibn al-ʿImād al-Ḥanbalī (d. 1089 AH) – Shadharāt al-Dhahab – 2 pages – p. 134 – vol. 2 – Egypt, 1350 AH

– Siddīq Ḥasan Khān (d. 1307 AH) – al-Tāj al-Mukallal – 3 pages – p. 106 – — – India, 1382 AH