Dhayl Dhayl Tarikh Mawlid al-Ulama wa Wafayatihim
- Author died
- 524 AH
- Editions
- Dar Al-Asimah
Dhayl Dhayl Tarikh Mawlid al-Ulama wa Wafayatihim (Continuation of the Continuation of the History of Scholars' Births and Deaths) is a biographical chronicle by the Damascene hadith scholar and historian Hibat Allah ibn Ahmad Ibn al-Akfani (444–524 AH / 1052–1130 CE) .
Background and Scope
The work belongs to an established lineage of biographical dictionaries organized chronologically according to the years of death of Muslim scholars . The parent work, Tarikh Mawlid al-Ulama wa Wafayatihim, was authored by Abu Sulayman Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Zabr al-Raba'i (d. 379 AH / 989 CE), covering the period from 1 AH down to 338 AH . Ibn al-Akfani's teacher, Abu Muhammad Abd al-Aziz ibn Ahmad al-Kattani (d. 466 AH / 1073 CE), subsequently compiled the first supplement (Dhayl), picking up from 338 AH and ending at 462 AH .
Ibn al-Akfani continued his teacher's chronicle, recording the obituaries of scholars from the year 463 AH up to 485 AH . In addition to this forward continuation, he supplied sixty-three biographical notices as additions (ziyadat) for scholars who had died during the time span covered by al-Kattani's work (338–462 AH) but had been omitted from it . The lineage of successive supplements to this work was later carried forward into the seventh century AH by Sharaf al-Din Ali ibn al-Mufaddal al-Maqdisi (d. 611 AH / 1214 CE) .
Modern Publication
The text has been edited and published in modern scholarly editions:
- Edited by Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Salman al-Hamad and published in Riyadh by Dar al-Asimah (1409 AH / 1989 CE) alongside the earlier volumes in the series .
- Edited by Muhammad al-Misri under the title Ziyadat Hibat Allah al-Akfani ala Kitab Tarikh Mawlid al-Ulama li-Ibn Zabr wa-Talihi lil-Kattani, published in Kuwait by Markaz al-Makhtutat (1410 AH / 1989 CE) .
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