Khalil al-Muradi

Abu'l-Mawadda Sayyid Muhammad Khalil al-Muradi (died 1791) — was a Syrian historian under the Ottoman Empire. He was born into a family of ulema and acted as Hanafi mufti and naqib al-ashraf (head of the Prophet's descendants) in Damascus. He wrote a set of over 1,000 biographies of people of his time, entitled Silk al-durar.[1]

References
  1. " al-Murādī." Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Brill Online, 2012. 10 October 2012 <http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/al-muradi-COM_0799>

Further reading
  • al-Muradi, Khalil ibn 'Ali. Kitāb Silk al-durar fī aʻyān al-qarn al-thānī ʻashar. Būlāq: Al-Maṭbaʻah al-ʻĀmirah, 1874-83.
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