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        1 - Ghurar Al-Siyar; its Real Title and Author
        علیرضا عبداللهی قنبرعلی رودگر
        Ghurar al-Siyar as a general history has been written in the early fifth century, and since its compilation, an argument formed about the author name and identity. The source of the different ideas was in the different spelling and diacritics of the title of the book as More
        Ghurar al-Siyar as a general history has been written in the early fifth century, and since its compilation, an argument formed about the author name and identity. The source of the different ideas was in the different spelling and diacritics of the title of the book as well as the  name of author in its remaining manuscripts and also in the works of the biographers. Ghurar al-Siyar has been named as Ghurar Akhbār Mulūk wa- Siyarihim, al- Ghurar Fi Siyar Mulūk wa- Akhbārihim, Ghurar Akhbār Mulūk al- Furs wa Siyarihim, Tarikh Ghurar al-Siyar, Ghurar wa Siyar al Mulūk, Ghurar wa Siyar. Among these names, two names Tarikh Ghurar  al Siyar and Ghurar Akhbār Mulūk al- Furs wa Siyarihim are  more popular as the original names of the book. In addition to ambiguity in the name of the book, there are doubts about the book’s author, as his name has been recorded as  AbūMansūr al Husiyn ibn Muhammad al-Mar'āshi(al-Tha'ālibī), AbūMansūr Husiyn ibn Muhammad al- Marghani al-Tha'ālibī, Husiyn ibn Muhammad al-Marghani and AbūMansūr 'Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad al-Tha'ālibī al- Niyshabouri  Among those names, most researchers agreed with  Husiyn ibn Muhammad al-Marghani and  AbūMansūr 'Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad al-Tha'ālibī al- Niyshabouri This article aims to analyze the names that mentioned for Ghurar al-Siyar, and determined the real name of the book. Then, identity of the real author of the book has been specified by the study on the disputes on  the identity of the author of Ghurar al-Siyar Manuscript profile