Siyar A'lam al-Nubala'

Siyar A‘lām al-Nubalā’ (Arabic: سير أعلام النبلاء, lit. 'Biographies of Eminent Nobles') is a biographical dictionary written by al-Dhahabi containing biographies of eminent Muslims throughout Islamic history up to al-Dhahabi's era.^[1][2] The first two of the Siyar's fourteen volumes, which concern the life of Muhammad and the Rashidun caliphs, are reproduced from al-Dhahabi's more expansive Tarikh.^[3] Al-Dhahabi divided the book into chapters according to the generations in which the different personalities lived.^[4][2]

Siyar A'lam al-Nubala'

Author	Al-Dhahabi
Original title	سير أعلام النبلاء
Language	Arabic
Subject	Biographical dictionary
Genre	Biography
Published	14th century
Publication place	Mamluk Sultanate
Media type	Manuscript
Pages	28 volumes

Book of Siyar A'lam an-Nubala

See also

• Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra