Dhayl Lubb al-Lubab fi Tahrir al-Ansab
- Author died
- 1086 AH
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- Markaz al-Nu'man lil-Buhuth wal-Dirasat al-Islamiyyah wa-Tahqiq al-Turath wal-Tarjamah
Dhayl Lubb al-Lubab fi Tahrir al-Ansab ("Supplement to the Essence of the Core in the Rectification of Genealogies") is a biographical dictionary of relational names (nisbas) by the Egyptian Shafi'i scholar Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Ahmad al-'Ajami (1014–1086 AH / 1605–1675 CE) . It serves as an onomastic supplement to Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti's genealogical handbook Lubb al-Lubab fi Tahrir al-Ansab .
Background and Context
The work forms part of a long sequence of genealogical and onomastic compendia in Islamic scholarship . Abu Sa'd al-Sam'ani authored the foundational Kitab al-Ansab, which Ibn al-Athir later abridged and augmented in al-Lubab fi Tahdhib al-Ansab . Al-Suyuti subsequently produced Lubb al-Lubab as a concise revision of Ibn al-Athir's text, adding omitted nisbas and precise vocalizations . Al-'Ajami compiled his supplement to rectify omissions in al-Suyuti's work and record additional nisbas not documented in the earlier lineage of texts .
Composition and Sources
The material originally existed as marginal notes (hawashin) recorded in al-'Ajami's own handwriting across his personal copy of al-Suyuti's Lubb al-Lubab . Al-'Ajami indicated at the end of his copy that much of the marginal material had been transcribed from notes in the hand of the Maliki scholar Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Ahmad al-Dawudi, after which al-'Ajami appended extensive additions of his own .
These marginalia were subsequently collected and extracted into an independent supplementary treatise by his student 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Abd al-'Azim ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Ushmuni .
Manuscripts and Publication
Manuscript copies of the supplement are preserved in multiple collections, including the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, the Al-Azhar Library in Cairo, and libraries in Saudi Arabia and Russia . The work was edited by Shadi ibn Muhammad ibn Salim Al Nu'man based on four manuscript witnesses and published in Sana'a in 1432 AH / 2011 CE .
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