The author, Abd al-Sadi, was born on 28 May 1594, and died at an unknown date sometime after 1655-56, the last date to be mentioned in his chronicle.
المؤلف، عبد السعدي، ولد في 28 أيار / مايو 1594, وتوفي في تاريخ غير معروف في وقت ما بعد  1655-1656.