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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2011
The Shadharátu'l-Dhahab fi akhbári man dhahab, briefly described in the J.R.A.S. for 1899, p. 911 seq., is a biographical dictionary of persons who died between the years 1 and 1000 A.H., of which, besides the MS. in my possession, the only copy known to me is one belonging to the Khedivial Library in Cairo (Catalogue, vol. v, p. 72). Some idea of its extent may be gathered from the fact that the articles printed below form approximately a 200th part of the whole work. It is unquestionably a compilation of great value, the author, Abu'l-Faláḥ ‘Abdu’l-Ḥayy, having derived his material from many excellent sources which are not easily accessible to the modern Orientalist. When I first described the MS., I hoped that it might be possible to publish one or two of the longer articles by way of specimen. The names of ‘Umar Ibnu’l-Fáriḍ and Muḥiyyu'ddín Ibnu'l-'Arabí, whose lives I have selected for this purpose, are too celebrated to require any further introduction.
page 797 note 1 I have to thank Mr. A. G. Ellis for calling my attention to a notice of ‘Abdu’l-Ḥayy in the Khuláṣatu'l-Athar (Cairo, 1284, vol. ii, p. 340), a biographical dictionary of the eminent men of the eleventh century by Muḥammad al-Amín al-Muḥibbí al-Shámí († 1111 A.H.), who had formerly been a pupil of ‘Abdu’l-Ḥayy in Damascus. According to this work, ‘Abdu’l-Ḥayy b. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad, generally known as Ibnu’l-‘Imád, Abu’l-Faláḥ al-‘Akarí al-Ṣáliḥí al-Ḥanbalí was born in 1032 A.H. After studying at Damascus under Shaykh Ayyúb, Shaykh ‘Abdu’l-Báqí al-Ḥanbalí, Shaykh Muḥammad b. Badri’l-Dín al-Balbání al-Ṣáliḥí, and other distinguished scholars, he transferred his residence to al-Qáhira, where he stayed a long time, receiving instruction from the savants of that city. He then returned to Damascus and devoted himself to teaching. His death took place in Mecca, after his pilgrimage, on the 16th of Dhu’l-Ḥijja, 1089 A.H., and he was buried in the cemetery of al-Ma‘lát between Mecca and Badr. He is described as a man of wide learning, celebrated for his profound knowledge of Traditions (al-áthár). He had also unusual powers of composition and considerable skill in calligraphy. Besides the Shadharátu’l-Dhahab he wrote a commentary on the Muntahȧ fí fiqhi’l-Ḥanábila, and several other treatises.
page 798 note 1 The Nafḥu’l-Ṭíb was completed in 1039 A.H., the Shadharát in 1080 A.H.
page 799 note 1 Either the work mentioned above or the Ṭabaqát al-ṣughrá (No. 14 in Brockelmann's list).
page 799 note 2 The famous Turkish legist and man of letters who is generally known as Kamál Pasha-záde († 940 A.H.). See Gibb's History of Ottoman Poetry, vol. ii, pp. 347–359.
page 799 note 3 Ṣadru’ddín Muḥammad b. Isḥáq of Qonya († 672 A.H.), a pupil of Ibnu’l-‘Arabí and an intimate friend of Jalálu’ddín Rúmí. His life is in Jámí's Nafaḥátu’l-Uns, p. 645 sqq.
page 801 note 1 The story of the baqqál is related in the Marseilles edition of the Díwán, p. 7, 1. 6 sqq.
page 802 note 1 Cf. Diwán, p. 18, penult. line.
page 802 note 2 Ob. 775 A.H. (Brockelmann, i, 383).
page 802 note 3 The Commentaries of Farghání, Qáshání, and Qayṣarí are extant (see Brockelmann, i, 262 sqq.).
page 803 note 1 
according to Sha‘rání, Yawáqít (Cairo, 1277 A.H.), p. 14, last line.
page 803 note 2 MS. 
. Sha'rání has 
.
page 803 note 3 MS. 
.
page 803 note 4 Díwán, p. 202 sqq.
page 803 note 5 Díwán, p. 391 sqq.
page 804 note 1 Díwán, p. 230 sqq.
page 804 note 2 The Kitábu'l-Waḥid fí sulúki ahli'l-tawḥíd (Brockelmann, ii, 117).
page 804 note 3 Díwán, p. 580.
page 804 note 4 Díwán, p. 20, penult, line et seqq.
page 804 note 5 Díwán, p. 172.
page 805 note 1 MS. 
.
page 805 note 2 MS. 
.
page 805 note 3 †690 A.H. (Brockelmann, i, 258).
page 805 note 4 Ṣadru'ddín al Qónawí († 672 A.H.).
page 805 note 5 Badru'ddín Ḥusayn b. ‘Alí b. Amíri’l-Mu'minín Abi'l-Ḥajjáj Yúsuf, generally known as Ibn Húd († 699 A.H.).
page 805 note 6 See Maqqarí, i, 590, l. 17 sqq.
page 805 note 7 See Maqqarí, i, 583, l. 4 sqq.
page 805 note 8 This is the 48th verse of the Greater Tá'iyya in Von Hammer's edition.
page 806 note 1 I cannot find these verses in any edition of the Díwán.
page 806 note 2 Díwán, p. 225.
page 806 note 3 MS. 
.
page 807 note 1 MS. 
.
page 807 note 2 See Brockelmann, i, 360.
page 808 note 1 MS. 
.
page 809 note 1 MS. 
.
page 809 note 2 This is perhaps a mistake for 
. See Ḥájjí Khalífa, vi, 220 and 444.
page 810 note 1 MS. 
.
page 810 note 2 Kor. 2, 128.
page 811 note 1 Apparently 
is the opposite of 
, and means “ to subject (or lay open) to criticism.”
page 811 note 2 MS. 
.
page 811 note 3 This anecdote is related more fully by Maqqarí, i, 578, 4 sqq.
page 812 note 1 Ibid., i, 581, 14 sqq.
page 812 note 2 MS. om.
page 812 note 3 Apparently a mistake for 
.
page 812 note 4 MS. 
.
page 813 note 1 This passage occurs in Maqqarí, i, 576, 22 sqq.
page 813 note 2 MS. 
.
page 813 note 3 Maqq. 
.
page 813 note 4 Maqq. 
.
page 813 note 5 MS. om.
page 813 note 6 Maqq. 
.
page 813 note 7 Maqq. 
.
page 814 note 1 Maqq. 
.
page 814 note 2 Maqq. 
.
page 814 note 3 Maqq. 
.
page 814 note 4 Maqq. 
page 815 note 1 Kor., 17, 38.
page 816 note 1 Maqqarí, 571, 10 sqq.
page 816 note 2 MS. 
.
page 817 note 1 Kor., 7, 181 ; 68, 44.
page 817 note 2 MS. 
.
page 817 note 3 MS. 
.
page 818 note 1 Kor., 55, 29.
page 818 note 2 MS. 
.
page 819 note 1 MS. 
.
page 819 note 2 Kor., 8, 63.
page 820 note 1 MS. 
.
page 820 note 2 MS. 
.
page 821 note 1 This poem occurs in Maqqarí, i, 570, penult, line et seqq.
page 821 note 2 Maqq. 
.
page 821 note 3 Maqq. 
.
page 821 note 4 MS. 
.
page 822 note 1 MS. 
.
page 822 note 2 Maqq. 
.
page 822 note 3 This must be a verse if the MS. reading 
is sound.
page 822 note 4 I leave these words as they stand in the MS. They are evidently metrical, so perhaps we should read 
.
page 823 note 1 Sha‘rání has 
.
page 823 note 2 Sha‘rání, Yawáqít (Cairo, 1277), p. 75, 1. 6 sqq.
page 823 note 3 Sha‘rání has 
.
page 823 note 4 MS. 
.
page 823 note 5 Sha‘rání 
.
page 823 note 6 MS. 
Sha‘rání has 
.
page 824 note 1 Kor., 3, 177.
page 824 note 2 MS. 
.