Tanqih al maqal fi ilm al rijal
Tanqīh al-maqāl (Arabic: تنقیح المقال) is a comprehensive Arabic book on 'Ilm al-rijal. It was written by Shaykh 'Abd Allah Mamaqani (d. 1351/1933), a Shi'a scholar and jurist of the 14th/20th century. The author studied more than 16000 narrators in this book. Aqa Buzurg Tihrani believed that it was the most comprehensive work in rijal. The book contains biographies of Sahaba, Tabi'un, the companions of the infallible Imams (a) and other narrators up to the 4th/10th century. There are also biographies of some great hadith scholars, Mashayikh al-Ijaza, and famous authors in 'ilm al-rijal.
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Tanqīh al-maqāl (Arabic: تنقیح المقال) is a comprehensive Arabic book on 'Ilm al-rijal. It was written by Shaykh 'Abd Allah Mamaqani (d. 1351/1933), a Shi'a scholar and jurist of the 14th/20th century. The author studied more than 16000 narrators in this book. Aqa Buzurg Tihrani believed that it was the most comprehensive work in rijal. The book contains biographies of Sahaba, Tabi'un, the companions of the infallible Imams (a) and other narrators up to the 4th/10th century. There are also biographies of some great hadith scholars, Mashayikh al-Ijaza, and famous authors in 'ilm al-rijal.
