MCGUCKIN DE SLANE, William (1801 – 1878)
1801 – 1878
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Image source Charles Reutlinger · Bibliothèque nationale de France · Public domain
1842 CE–1871 CE
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Ibn Khallikan's biographical dictionary. Translated from the Arabic by Bn. Mac Guckin de Slane. 4 vols.
Begun in 1256, this eight-volume biographical dictionary of Islamic scholarship and literature entitled Wafayāt al-aʿyān wa-anbāʾ abnāʾ az-zamān (وفيات الأعيان وأنباء أبناء الزمان) ('Deaths of Eminent Men and the Sons…