This volume, 'Figures with a History', contains translations of prominent figures. Within its pages, you'll find biographies across various fields: religion, literature, poetry, history, geography, oriental studies, philosophy, and politics. We include scientists' and historians' perspectives on each figure, alongside public testimonies. History serves as a mirror to time, offering entertainment to the troubled, as Safadi notes in the introduction of his book 'Al-Wafi bil-Wafayat'. The wise should choose the right example from history to follow its path, as life passes and memory is a second life for humans. Al-Arjani wisely says: If one knows past accounts, it's as if they've lived from the ancient to the end of days, for good memory preserves their mention.
• Author: Abdulrahman Al-Mustaoui
• Publisher: Dar Al-Maarifa-Beirut
• Edition Number: 1
• Year of Printing: 2003
• Number of Pages: 304
• Number of Parts: 1
• Binding Type: Hardcover
• Paper Type: White
• Printing Colors: Two Colors
• ISBN: 9953-429-14-6