Tabaqat ash-Shafi'iyyah al-Kubra

طبقات الشافعية الكبرى

The most comprehensive biographical dictionary of Shafi'i scholars, covering over 1,500 entries from Imam ash-Shafi'i to as-Subki's own era. It is both a biographical reference and a defense of the Ash'ari-Shafi'i scholarly tradition, containing important theological discussions alongside the biographies.