Taj al-Tarajim fi Tabaqat al-Hanafiyya
- Author died
- 879 AH
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- Dār al-Qalam
Taj al-Tarajim fi Tabaqat al-Hanafiyya (The Crown of Biographies on the Generations of Hanafi Scholars) is a biographical dictionary authored by the Hanafi jurist and hadith scholar Zayn al-Din Qasim ibn Qutlubugha (802–879 AH / 1399–1474 CE) .
Scope and Sources
The book is an abridged biographical compendium specifically restricted to Hanafi scholars and imams who authored written works . Ibn Qutlubugha compiled the material primarily from two main sources: the biographical notes (Tadhkira) of his teacher Taqi al-Din al-Maqrizi and the biographical work al-Jawahir al-Mudiyya by Abd al-Qadir al-Qurashi . Following al-Maqrizi, he also included a biographical entry for Ibn Furak among the Hanafi authors . In total, the compilation comprises 330 biographical entries . The work is also cited under alternate titles, including Taj al-Tarajim fi-man Sannaf min Ulama al-Hanafiyya and Taj al-Tarajim fi Tabaqat A'immat al-Hanafiyya .
Publication History
The work was first published in Leipzig in 1862 CE and was later reprinted in Baghdad at Matba'at al-Ani in 1962 CE . Modern critical editions include the edition edited by Ibrahim Salih, published by Dar al-Ma'mun li-l-Turath in Damascus (1412 AH / 1992 CE), and the edition edited by Muhammad Khayr Ramadan Yusuf, published by Dar al-Qalam in Damascus (1413 AH / 1992 CE) . It was also issued by Dar al-Basha'ir . Numerous manuscript copies are preserved in international libraries, including holdings in Berlin, Gotha, Paris, Algiers, Istanbul (Suleymaniye and Hagia Sophia), Mosul, Dublin (Chester Beatty Library), Mecca, and Damascus .
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