Ibn Khallikan's biographical dictionary
Ibn Khallikān, William MacGuckin Slane (Translator)
The first general Islamic biographical lexicon, not confined to groups of persons or geographical places, which contains in alphabetical order the lives of the most celebrated persons of Muslim history and literature, excepting the Prophet, the first four Caliphs, the other Companions and their immediate students. This monumental work was created between 1256 - 1274 CE, and was continually improved with marginal notes by the author
Biographies
4 volumes 25 cm
132477
At head of title: Kitāb wafayāt al-aʻyān
Reprint of the ed. published in Paris, 1842-43
Translation of Wafayāt al-aʻyān
Text in English, translated from the Arabic