The seventh from the Dictionary of the Sheikhs of Damietta

Translation

This is the seventh part of the Dictionary of the Sheikhs of Damietta, which is a modern manuscript that includes biographies of a number of the author’s sheikhs. It begins with the translation of Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Zaid and ends with the translation of Muhammad bin Al-Muzaffar bin Al-Munir, and they number thirty-one sheikhs. The book includes chains of transmission and narrations that the author heard about these sheikhs, mentioning the lineage of each sheikh and the method of receiving him, which makes it an important source in the science of attribution and narration.