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Al-Dhahabi

1274 - 1348

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Shams ad-Dīn adh-Dhahabī (شمس الدين الذهبي), also known as Shams ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qāymāẓ ibn ʿAbdillāh at-Turkumānī al-Fāriqī ad-Dimashqī (5 October 1274 – 3 February 1348) was an Athari theologian, Islamic historian and Hadith scholar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Dhahabi is the 76th most popular historian (down from 71st in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Syria (down from 45th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Syrian Historian.

Al-Dhahabi is most famous for being a scholar of hadith, the author of a number of books on the subject, and for being the head of the committee that wrote the Siyar A'lam al-Nubala.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Al-Dhahabi ranks 76 out of 561. Before him are Bernard Lewis, Theophylact Simocatta, Geoffrey of Villehardouin, Ephorus, Johann Jakob Bachofen, and Henri Pirenne. After him are Eutropius, Gaston Maspero, Kenneth Clark, Nicolaus of Damascus, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., and George Ostrogorsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1274, Al-Dhahabi ranks 3. Before him are Robert the Bruce, and Eric VI of Denmark. After him are Catherine I, Latin Empress, Louis of Toulouse, Marino Faliero, Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria, and Irene of Montferrat. Among people deceased in 1348, Al-Dhahabi ranks 5. Before him are Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Andrea Pisano, Pietro Lorenzetti, and Laura de Noves. After him are Giovanni Villani, Blanche of Valois, Chungmok of Goryeo, Emperor Hanazono, Bernardo Daddi, Barlaam of Seminara, and Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Al-Dhahabi ranks 50 out of 210. Before him are Ananias of Damascus (100), Duqaq (1100), Mariam al-Asturlabi (950), Abu'l-Fida (1273), Levon Ter-Petrosyan (1945), and Julia Avita Mamaea (180). After him are Nizar Qabbani (1923), Ahmad al-Khatib (1933), Izz ad-Din al-Qassam (1882), Adunis (1930), Damascius (480), and Maron (301).

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Among HISTORIANS In Syria

Among historians born in Syria, Al-Dhahabi ranks 2. Before him are Ibn Kathir (1301). After him are Nicolaus of Damascus (-64), Evagrius Scholasticus (536), Malchus (450), and Abu Shama (1203).

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