Ghurar Al-Siyar; its Real Title and Author

Ghurar al-Siyar as a general history has been written in the early fifth century, and since its compilation, an argument formed about the author name and identity. The source of the different ideas was in the different spelling and diacritics of the title of the book as well as the name of author in its remaining manuscripts and also in the works of the biographers. Ghurar al-Siyar has been named as Ghurar Akhbār Mulūk wa- Siyarihim, al- Ghurar Fi Siyar Mulūk wa- Akhbārihim, Ghurar Akhbār Mulūk al- Furs wa Siyarihim, Tarikh Ghurar al-Siyar, Ghurar wa Siyar al Mulūk, Ghurar wa Siyar. Among these names, two names Tarikh Ghurar al Siyar and Ghurar Akhbār Mulūk al- Furs wa Siyarihim are more popular as the original names of the book. In addition to ambiguity in the name of the book, there are doubts about the book’s author, as his name has been recorded as AbūMansūr al Husiyn ibn Muhammad al-Mar'āshi(al-Tha'ālibī), AbūMansūr Husiyn ibn Muhammad al- Marghani al-Tha'ālibī, Husiyn ibn Muhammad al-Marghani and AbūMansūr 'Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad al-Tha'ālibī al- Niyshabouri Among those names, most researchers agreed with Husiyn ibn Muhammad al-Marghani and AbūMansūr 'Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad al-Tha'ālibī al- Niyshabouri This article aims to analyze the names that mentioned for Ghurar al-Siyar, and determined the real name of the book. Then, identity of the real author of the book has been specified by the study on the disputes on the identity of the author of Ghurar al-Siyar .