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Al-Qand fÄ« dhikr Ê¿ulamÄʾ Samarqand
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In the Arabic literary tradition, biographies form a class of their own and have always been widely used. Whether about a single person or about some group, their shared objective was to provide an authoritative account of someoneâs lineage, social or literary career, academic or religious background or affiliation, or connection to some historic event. As examples one could mention Ibn HishÄmâs (d. 218/834) SÄ«rat Muḥammad rasÅ«li ʼllÄh, Ibn AbÄ« Uá¹£aybiÊ¿aâs (d. 668/1270) KitÄb Ê¿uyÅ«n al-anbÄʾ fÄ« á¹abaqÄt al-aá¹ibbÄʾ, or NÅ«r al-DÄ«n al-ṬūkhÄ«âs (d. ca 900/1494) Quá¸Ät Miá¹£r. The author of the present work, Najm al-DÄ«n al-NasafÄ« (d. 537/1142-43), was a long-time resident of Samarqand and widely known and respected as jurist. He wrote more than 30 works, in Persian and in Arabic. The present volume contains an inventory of ḥadÄ«th scholars bearing some connection to Samarqand. Its importance lies mainly in the many names of people, places, and books which are otherwise entirely unknown.