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  "ar": "محمد نجم الدين الغزي، مؤرخ دمشقي وأديب، صاحب «الكواكب السائرة» في تراجم أعيان القرن العاشر؛ توفي سنة 1061هـ ⁦(1651م)⁩.",
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   "source": "al-Zirikli, al-A'lam - entry read on the page in the OpenITI 2025.1.9 Shamela text (v.7 p.62)",
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     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "محمد بن محمد بن محمد الغزي العامري القرشي الدمشقي، أبو المكارم نجم الدين: مؤرخ، باحث أديب، مولده ووفاته في دمشق سنة 1061هـ ⁦(1651م)⁩. {cite:al-aalam v.7 p.62}\n\nمن كتبه «الكواكب السائرة في تراجم أعيان المئة العاشرة»، و«لطف السمر وقطف الثمر من تراجم أعيان الطبقة الأولى من القرن الحادي عشر» أخذ عنه المحبي كثيراً، و«حسن التنبه لما ورد في التشبه»، و«عقد الشواهد» في الأخلاق والعظات، ورسالة في «الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر»، و«النجوم الزواهر» شرح أرجوزة لأبيه بدر الدين في الكبائر والصغائر، و«إتقان ما يحسن من بيان الأخبار الدائرة على الألسن» في الحديث. {cite:al-aalam v.7 p.62}"
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    "lang": "ar",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazzi al-'Amiri al-Qurashi al-Dimashqi, Abu al-Makarrim Najm al-Din, was a historian and inquiring littérateur, born and died at Damascus in 1061 AH (1651 CE). {cite:al-aalam v.7 p.62}\n\nHis books include al-Kawakib al-Sa'ira on the notables of the tenth century; Lutf al-Samar wa-Qatf al-Thamar on the first layer of the eleventh century, from which al-Muhibbi drew heavily; Husn al-Tanabuh on similitude; 'Uqd al-Shawahid on morals and sermons; an epistle on commanding right and forbidding wrong; al-Nujum al-Zawahir, a commentary on his father Badr al-Din's urjuza on the grave and lesser sins; and Itqan Ma Yahsun on the hadith. {cite:al-aalam v.7 p.62}"
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   "updated": "2026-11-03"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "محمد بن محمد بن محمد غزی عامری قرشی دمشقی، ابو المکارم نجم الدین: مؤرخ اور محقق ادیب، دمشق میں پیدا اور سن 1061ھ (1651ء) میں وفات پائی۔ {cite:al-aalam v.7 p.62}\n\nاس کی کتابوں میں دسویں صدی کے اعلام کے تراجم «الکواکب السائرہ»، گیارہویں صدی کی پہلی تہہ کے تراجم «لطف السمر وقطف الثمر» جس سے محبی نے بہت کچھ لیا، «حسن التنبہ»، اخلاق و مواعظ میں «عقد الشواھد»، امر بالمعروف کا رسالہ، باپ بدر الدین کی ارجوزہ کی شرح «النجوم الزواھر» اور حدیث میں «اتقان ما یحسن» ہیں۔ {cite:al-aalam v.7 p.62}"
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