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Alongside such books, other independently organized materials under the name of Tasmiya or Asma' (listing names) was also produced. The oldest work written under this title was authored by [['Ubayd Allah b. Abi Rafi']]. His book was titled ''Names of those who were martyred in the ranks of the Commander of the Faithful, [['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] in (the battles of)[[ Jamal]], [[Siffin]] and [[Nahrawan]]''. The book itself no longer exists, but [[Qadi Nu'man al-Maghribi]] has brought it in his ''[[Sharh al-akhbar fi fada'il al-A'imma al-Athar (book)|Sharh al-akhbar]]''.<ref>Hidāyatpanāh, "Dānish-i ṣaḥābanigārī", p. 6.</ref> | Alongside such books, other independently organized materials under the name of Tasmiya or Asma' (listing names) was also produced. The oldest work written under this title was authored by [['Ubayd Allah b. Abi Rafi']]. His book was titled ''Names of those who were martyred in the ranks of the Commander of the Faithful, [['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] in (the battles of)[[ Jamal]], [[Siffin]] and [[Nahrawan]]''. The book itself no longer exists, but [[Qadi Nu'man al-Maghribi]] has brought it in his ''[[Sharh al-akhbar fi fada'il al-A'imma al-Athar (book)|Sharh al-akhbar]]''.<ref>Hidāyatpanāh, "Dānish-i ṣaḥābanigārī", p. 6.</ref> | ||
Larger collections of works regarding the Sahaba have been collected with titles such as ''Ma'rifat al-sahaba'' (Knowing the Companions) and ''Mu'jam al-sahaba''. In the third century, authors such as Ali b. Madyani (d. [[234]]/848- | Larger collections of works regarding the Sahaba have been collected with titles such as ''Ma'rifat al-sahaba'' (Knowing the Companions) and ''Mu'jam al-sahaba''. In the third century, authors such as Ali b. Madyani (d. [[234]]/848-9), Halwani Hasan b. Ali (d.[[242]]/856-7), 'Abbas b. Ya'qub al-Rawajini (d.[[250]]/864-5 or [[271]]/884-5), Abdan, and Abu Muhammad 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad b. 'Isa Marvzi, and following them, Abu Mansur al-Bawardi (at the beginning of the fourth century) all authored books titled "Ma'rifat al-sahaba". The first book to be titled "Mujam al-sahaba" was written by Abu Ya'li al-Musili (d.[[307]]/919-20).<ref>Hidāyatpanāh, "Dānish-i ṣaḥābanigārī", p. 8, 9.</ref> | ||
In writing the books known as "Mu'jam", at times, the content was organized alphabetically according to the first letter of the word, and even the following letters of the word, on other occasions. The latter (all letters of the word being listed based on alphabetical order) became more common from the sixth century onwards.<ref>Hidāyatpanāh, "Dānish-i ṣaḥābanigārī", p. 9.</ref> | In writing the books known as "Mu'jam", at times, the content was organized alphabetically according to the first letter of the word, and even the following letters of the word, on other occasions. The latter (all letters of the word being listed based on alphabetical order) became more common from the sixth century onwards.<ref>Hidāyatpanāh, "Dānish-i ṣaḥābanigārī", p. 9.</ref> | ||