Ibn al-Imad was born in Damascus in 1623 CE and lived in Cairo for a long time before returning
to Damascus to teach. He died in 1679 CE (wikipedia and
F. Rosenthal in Encyclopedia of Islam v. 3, 1991:807). In 1670 CE,
he completed Fragments of Gold in the Accounts of Those Who Have Departed (Shadharat al-dhahab fi akhbar man dhahab) which is an annalistically
arranged biographical history covering
A.H. 1-1000
(F. Rosenthal in Encyclopedia of Islam v. 3, 1991:807).
