Al-Yunini (D. 726A.H./1325A.D.) and His Approach is Studying the Biographies of the People of Mosul in His Book (Dhail Mir’at Al-Zaman)

Abstract

The book (Dhail Mir’at Al-Zaman) of Al-Yunini (D. 726A.H./1325A.D.) one of the important public books in history which gathered mentioning the historical events and those characters who died yearly; thus this book contained a valuable historical material, and it ended up biographies of several characters in various specialties including characters from Mosul.We have attempted through this research to introduce to the approach which Al-Yunini followed in his speech about biographies of the people of Mosul which estimated (15) characters; then this research was distinguished with several characteristics, and depended also on several sources namely: The written sources, oral narrations, and the unknown ones.