Sullam al-wuṣūl ilá ṭabaqāt al-fuḥūl
By: Muṣṭafá ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Qusṭanṭīnī al-ʻUthmānī al-maʻrūf bi-Kātib Chalabī wa-bi-Ḥājjī Khalīfah ; ishrāf wa-taqdīm, Akmal al-Dīn Iḥsān Ūghlá ; taḥqīq, Maḥmūd ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Arnāʼūṭ ; tadqīq, Ṣāliḥ Saʻdāwī Ṣāliḥ ; iʻdād al-fahāris, Ṣalāh al-Dīn Uwīghūr
Contributors: İhsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin; Arnāʼūṭ, Maḥmūd; Sadawi, Salih; Uygur, Selahaddin; Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture
Publisher: Markaz al-Abḥāth lil-Tārīkh wa-al-Funūn wa-al-Thaqāfah al-Islāmīyah
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Istānbūl
Language: ara
ISBN-13: 9789290632160; 9789290632108; 9789290632115; 9789290632122; 9789290632139; 9789290632146; 9789290632153
Subjects: Biography; Early works to 1800; Muslim scholars; Statesmen; Dictionaries
Other titles: Sullam al-wuṣūl ilā ṭabaqāt al-fuḥūl =; Ladder of elevation to the lives of the great and famous by generation
Description: The present book is a critical edition of the major biographical work Sullam al-Wusul by Katib Chalabi (d. 1657). This biography records the lives and works of important statesmen and scholars in Islamic history and also of renowned personalities from pre-Islamic times who held a place in learning and literature. In the second part of the book Katib Chalabi gives information about the personalities{u2019} names derived from their places of origin or their genealogy. In the prologue, he explains the method he followed in the book, comments on the science of history, and adds information on names derived from places or genealogy. In this regard Sullam al-Wusul is also a book on genealogy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

In Arabic; with introductory matter in English.