ملخص الدراسة:

The book of "Wafiyat Al-A'yan wa Anba Abna' Azzman" is considered as one of the famous book in biographies which was well-known all over the world. The book contains biographies of the major famous scholars from different social classes. It covers a large area from Iraq and many other eastern and western countries. It's author is Ahmed bin Mohammad bin Ibrahim bin Khallikan who was one of the outstanding historian in the field biography. The sources of the study of bin Khallikan are of the Andalusian writings uncover historical importance. Because. It is regarded as an attempt to know and recognize all the names of the great men on which bin Khallikan depended that he mentioned in his biographies. The research, also, tackles the arrangement of the Andalusian writings which were the source of bin Khallikan in his book. It was arranged according to the chronological order of the death of the author.