Book Evaluation

The author has provided some autobiographies related to the Shī‘a scholars from the 12th to 14th centuries, namely Shams al-Dīn Matājī Kujūrī (1327 LH/1370 SH), Sayyid Muḥammad Kāḍim Jazāyirī Shūshtarī (1339 LH/1361 SH), Muḥammad ‘Alī Fashandī (1271 LH/ after 1323 LH), Sayyid Ya‘qūb Lāsimī Lārījānī (d. 1310 SH), and Mīrzā Abū Ṭālib Iṣfahānī (11661220- LH). In addition to the autobiography, the author presents new findings on each respective author’s life and works. Moreover, he has elaborately introduced some books, including Miṣbāḥ al-mutahajjidīn by Ibn Rāshid Ḥillī (9th century) and the collection of poems by Maddāḥ Kharaqānī (d. 1393 LH). This volume of information on these scholars and books can rarely be found in other works.