History of the Hanbalites

History of the Hanbalites[1] (Arabic: طبقات الحنابلة‎, romanized: Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanābilah) is a biographical dictionary covering Hanbali scholars, written by Ibn Abi Ya'la (d. 1131 AD). [2][3] The book starts from the life of the founder Ahmad ibn Hanbal himself. Later Al-Hafiz Ibn Rajab (d. 1393 AD) wrote a sequel to this book under the name Continuation of the history of the Hanbalites (Dhayl ‘alá Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanābilah).[4] The Continuation covers those who died after 460 AH.[1] Modern publishing may available in 4 volumes where two volumes is original book by Ibn Abi Ya'la and following two volumes from Ibn Rajab addition.

History of the Hanbalites
AuthorIbn Abi Ya'la
Original titleطبقات الحنابلة
CountryDamascus, Al-Sham
LanguageArabic
GenreBiography
Publisheral-Maʻhad al-Faransī lil-Dirāsāt al-ʻArabīyah, Dimashq
Publication date
1370 AD
OCLC19759213

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References
  1. Makdisi, George (1956). "Autograph Diary of an Eleventh-century Historian of Baghdād—I" (PDF). Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Cambridge University Press. 8 (1): 9–31. doi:10.1017/s0041977x00122189. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. http://franklin.library.upenn.edu/record.html?id=FRANKLIN_2466775
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85146849.html
  4. https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/3663577
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