Al-Dhahabi

Shams ad-Dīn Al Dhahabī)}} (5 October 1274 – 3 February 1348) was a Syrian Sunni Muslim historian, biographer, and hadith scholar. He authored major biographical and historical works including ''Siyar A'lam al-Nubala'', ''Tadhkirat al-Huffaz'', and ''Tarikh al-Islam''.

Among his best-known teachers and scholarly associates were al-Mizzi, al-Birzali, and Ibn Taymiyya. Provided by Wikipedia