The biographical dictionary of illustrious men
Subtitle: chiefly at the beginning of Islamism; now first ed. from the collation of two mss. at G©œttingen and Leiden
By: by Ferdinand W©ơstenfeld
Contributors: Wu stenfeld, Ferdinand, 1808-1899
Publisher: Society for the Publication of Oriental Texts; 1842-47.
Published: 1842
Place of publication: G©œttingen; London
Language: ara
Number of pages: 838
Notes: Arabic text.

Appeared in 9 parts.

Editor's introd. pub. separately (Gottingen, 1849) under title: uber das Leben und die Schriften des Scheich Abu Zakarija el-Nawawi.

The manuscript contains a second part which was never published. cf Bankipore. Orient, Pub. Lib. Arabic mss, v12, p. 4, no.648.