The Introduction of the Elders of Koofa in the Book: «اعلام الکوفه» (The Famous Names of Koofah)

Koofah was always one of the most important cities of Islamic world, which remained the hub in all the important mutations while a lot of books have been written about this city. The book: «ÇÚáÇã ÇáßæÝå» (The Famous Names of Koofah) is the local history of Koofah in which the author Syed Mazr-al-Haluv has studied this city and brought the biographies of all the famous people of Koofah in alphatical order, from beginning to the end of fourth century. This book is compiled in nine volumes in which the author has specified a particular number to each of the alphabet while he has introduced totally 6342 famous people of Koofah including; companions of the holy Prophet (PBUHH), scholars, commentators of holy Quran, historians, authors, writers, reciters of holy Quran, physicians, caliphs and others. Hujjatul Islam Syed Mazr-al-Haluv is one of the famous speakers of Basrah who, after his migration to Syria, is now busy in preaching and oration there. He has briefly discussed the history of Koofah and its role in the cultural and social blossom of Shias in the preface of his book. This article explaines each one of the nine volumes of the book briefly, after introducing the author and his valuable work, then it introduces some of the elders whom biography is included in that volume.