Overview
Biography and setting
Al-Dhahabi is presented as historian associated with Damascus. The working chronology for this record is 673-748 AH / 1274-1348 CE. A major biographer and hadith critic with wide chronological reach. Al-Dhahabi is presented as historian and hadith critic associated with Damascus. The working chronology for this record is 673-748 AH / 1274-1348 CE. A major biographer and hadith critic with wide chronological reach.
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673-748 AH / 1274-1348 CE
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