Index of biographies of
Islamic scholars,
saints and notables
listed in chronological order

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Sahaba
Chronologica: century hijri:
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Sahaba
Dirar b. al-Azwar al-Asadi
(sahabi)
 d.~11 H
in Damascus
Khalid b. Sa`id (sahabi)
Salama b. Hisham (sahabi)
Sa`d b. `Ibadah (sahabi)
Harmala b. Wa'il (sahabi)
Jâbir b.Mas`ud (sahabi)
 d. 14 H
in Damascus
Shurahbil b. Hasanah (sahabi)
al-`Abbas b. Mardas Ibi `Amir al-Salmi (sahabi)
son of Khansa' the poetress
d. 18 H
in Damascus
Yazid b. Abi Sufyan (sahabi ) d. 18 or 19 H
in Damascus
Bilal al-Habashî (sahabi) d. ≤ 20 H
in Damascus
Hafaf b. Nadba (sahabi)
cousin of Khansa',

 d. 20 H
in Damascus
Aws b. Aws al-Thaqafi (sahabi)
d. towards the end of the caliphate of Sayyiduna `Uthman
d. ... H.
in Damascus
Sahl b. al-Hanzhaliah  (sahabi ) d. – 30 H
in Damascus
Abu Darda' (sahabi)
 d. 32 H.
in Damscus
Khawla bint al-Azwar (sahabiyyah or tabi`iyya]
d. 35 H
in Damascus
Dihya al-Kalbi (sahabi) d. 45 H
in Damascus
Fadâlatu b. `Ubayd (sahab) d. 53 H
in Damascus
Mu`ayiah b. Abi Sufyan (sahabi)
 d. 61 H
in Damascus
`Awf b. Malik al-Ashjari  (sahabi) d. 73 H
in Damascus
Wâthilah b. al-Asqa` (sahabi) d. 83 H
in Damascus
Sahaba who visited Damascus
Abu Dharr al-Ghafari (d.  H.)
Abu `Ubayda (d.  H)
Sham`ûn b. Khanâfah (sahabi)
Rauq b. Dathar  (sahabi)
Jabal b. Mu`adh (sahabi)
Ibân b. Ibân  (sahabi)
Hujr b. `Adî (sahabi)
Abu Barz al-Azlami (sahabi)
Umm Maktum (sahabiya
undated
buried in Damasucs
Sahaba - (place of burial disputed):
`AbdAllah ibn Mas`ud
`Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
Abu b. Ka`b
Kanâz al-Ghanawi
`Amir b. Malik, brother of Sa`d b. Abi Waqqas
Wives of the Prophet (s)
Hafsa
Umm Habiba
Umm Salamah
Fidda (servant of Fatima Zahra)
1st century hijri  ^
Abu Idris al-Khawlani (tabi`i)
 d. 80 H
 in Damascus
Abu Muslim al-Khawlani (tabi`i)
 d. ...H
 in Damascus
`Abd al-Malik b. Marwan
 d. 87 H
 in Damascus
al-Walid b. `Abd al-Malik
 d. 96 H
 in Damascus
Abu Sulayman al-Darani (d  H)
buried in Darayya [gfh]
 d. ... H
 in Damascus
`Abd Allah b. Ja`far b. Abi Talib
 d. ... H
 in Damascus
Makhul
 d. –100 H
 in Damascus
Mu`awiah b. Yazid b. Mu`awiah
 d. ... H
 in Damascus

2nd century hijri ^
AbdAllah b. Ja`far al-Sadiq
d. ~200
in Damascus
3rd century hijri ^
Al-Sayyida Nafisa
بالعربية
 d. 208 H.
in Cairo
al-Junayd
 d. 298 H.
in Baghdad
4th century hijri ^
Muhammad b. `AbdAllah (descentdant of Ja`far al-Sadiq) d. – 300
in Damascus
Imam Abu Ja`far al-Tahawi
 d. 321 H
in Cairo
Abul Dahdâh al-Salihi
 d. 328 in Damascus
Abul-Husayn al-Khiraqi
 d. 334 in Damascus
5th century ^
Abul Hasan al-Quduri
 d. 428 H in Baghdad
Sheikh Nasr  al-Maqdisi
 d. 490 in Damascus

6th century ^
Sheikh Rislan al-Dimashqi d. ~540 H.
in Damascus
al-Hasan b. Masmâr al-Hilali
 d. 546 H.
in Damascus
Abul-Bayan
 d. 551 H.
in Damascus
Ahamd b. Quddama
 d. 558 H.
in Damascus
Ibn `Asakir
 d. 571 H.
in Damascus
Abu al-Ma`ali al-Nisaburi
d. 578 H.
in Damascus
Nur al-Din b. Zanki d. 579 H.
in Damascus
Abu `Umar b. Ahmad b. Qudama
 d. .. H.
in Damascus

7th century ^
Al Fakhr b. `Asakir
[ZaSH p. 35]		 d. 620
in Damascus
Ibn Quddamah Al-Maqdisi d. 620
in Damascus
Muhyi al-Din ibn al-`Arabi
 d. 638 H.
in Damascus
Taqi al-Din b. al-Salah
[ZaSH p. 37]
 d. 643 H.
in Damascus
Diya' al-Din al-Maqdisi
 d. 643 H.
in Damascus
Ibn Qadi al-`Askar al-Hanafi
 d. 651 H.
in Damascus
Sibt ibn al-Jawzi
 d. 654 H.
in Damascus
`Abd al- Rahman b. Nuh
[ZaSH p. 36]		 d. 654 H.
in Damascus
Yusuf al-Qamini
 d. 657 H.
in Damascus
Abu Shama
 d. 665 H.
in Damascus
Ibn Malik sahib al-alfiyyah
 d. 672 H.
in Damascus
Imam al-Nawawi
 d. 676 H.
in Damascus
Shams al-Din b 'Umar b. Qudama
 d. 682 H.
in Damascus
Ibn Malik the yonger (d. 686)  
 d. 686 H.
in Damascus
Taj al-Din al-Fazari "al-Farkah"
 d. 690 H.
in Damascus
Ibrahim ibn al-Muhaddith d. 695 H.
in Damascus
Abu Bakr al-`Arudiki (born 584 - d.   H.) d. ... H.
in Damascus

8th century ^
Sadr al-Din Suleyman ibn Hilal
 d. 725 H.
in Damascus
Ibn Taymiyyah
 d. 728 H.
in Damascus
Ibrahim b. Suleyman al-Qunuwi
 d. 732 H.
in Damascus
Ahmad al-Tabrizi al-Hanafi
 d. 735 H.
in Damascus
Ibrahim b. Sultan al-Hanafi
 d. 738 H.
in Damascus
Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi
 d. 748 H.
in Damascus
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
 d. 751 H.
in Damascus
The Subki family:
Taqi al-Din al-Subki (756 H.)
Taj al-Din al-Subki (d. 771 H.)


Ibn Kathir
 d. 774 H.
in Damascus
Muhammad b. al-Harr al-Hanafi
 d. 789 H.
in Damascus
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbal
 d. 795 H.
in Damascus

9th century ^
`Abd al-Rahman al-`Ayni
d. 893 H.
in Damascus

10th century ^
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al-Naji
d. 900 H.
in Damascus
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
 d. 911 H.
in Cairo
Ahmad b. Badr al-Din al-Hanafi
 d. 934 H.
in Damascus
Ibn Sultan al-Hanafi
 d. 950 H.
in Damascus
Sharaf Al-Din Al-Hijawi
Imam Sharaf Al-Din Abi Al-Munja Musa bin Ahmad bin Musa bin Salim bin `Isa bin Salim Al-Hijawi, originally from Quds and then settled in Salihyah Damascus. [musa]
 d. 978 H.
in Damascus

11th century ^
12th century ^
`Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi
(d. ~1150 H. / 1731 CE)
 d. –1150 H.
in Damascus
13th century ^
Mawlaya
al-`Arabi al-Darqawi
 d. 1239 H.
near Fas
Muhammad Amin `Abidin
known as Ibn `Abidin, author of al-Hashia
 d. 1252 H.
in Damascus
Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Saklawi
 d. 1278 H.
in Damascus

14 – 15th century ^
Al Amir `Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri (d. 1300)
Sheikh Muhammad al-Tayyib (d. 1313)
Sheikh Muhammad al-Mubarak (d. 1330)
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yallis (d. 1346)
Sheikh Badr al-Din al-Hasani (d. 1354)
Sheikh Muhammad al-Hashimi (d. 1381)
Sheikh Abul Yusr `Abidin (d. 1401)
The Kettani family:
Sheikh Muhammad b. Ja`far (d. 1345 in Fas)
Sheikh Muhammad al-Makki (d. 1393)
The Ya`qubi family
Overview:
Shaykh Muhammad al-Siddiq  (d. 1307)
Sheikh Muhammad al-Sharif  (d. 1362)
Sheikh Isma`il  (d.1380)
Shaykh Muhammad 'Arabi  (d. 1384)
Sheikh Ibrahim al-Ya´qubi (d.1406)
Sheikh Muhammad al-Ya`qubi (born 1382)
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Latest update: 2007-12-17