Imom Zahabiyning to'liq ismi Shamsu-d-Din, Abu Abdulloh Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Usmon ibn Qayimaz bo'lib, avval Turkmanda yashagan, keyin Damashqqa ko'chib kelgan. U hijriy 673-yilda Damashqda tug'ilgan. U Qohiraga ko'chib borgan va ko'plab mamlakatlarni ziyorat qilgan. Vafot etishidan oldin ko'zi ojiz bo'lib qolgan. U hofiz, hadis ilmi olimi va tarixchi bo'lgan.

The full name of Imam Dhahabi is Shamsu ed-Deen, Abu Abdullah Muhammed Ibn Ahmed Ibn Uthman Ibn Qayma, who lived in Turkman and then moved to Damascus. He was born in 673 A.H. in Damascus. He moved to Cairo and visited many countries. Before he died, he became blind. He was Hafiz, scholar of Hadith, and historian.

U shuningdek, ko'plab qiziqarli kitoblar yozgan, jumladan: "Tazkirat al-Huffaz", "Islomiy mamlakatlar", "Islom tarixi", "Mashhur a'yonlarning tarjimai holi", "Hadis rivoyatchilarining xabarlari", "Qori'lar tabaqalari", "Nabaviy tibbiyot", "Eng buyuk rahbarlik", "Rivoyatchilarni baholashdagi o'rtacha muvozanat", "Mustadrak" ("Mustadrak al-Hakim" ustiga). Bundan tashqari, u boshqa ko'plab kitoblarni qisqartirib bayon qilgan. U hijriy 748 yilda vafot etgan.

He wrote many interesting books such as Tazkirat al-Huffaz, Islamic Countries, History of Islam, The Biography of Well-known Nobles, The Biographic of Notes of the Hadith Transmitters, Classes of Readers, Prophetic Medicine, Greatest Leadership, Moderate Balance in Evaluating the Transmitters, Mustadrak on "Mustadrak AI-Hakim" Furthermore, he summarized many other books. He died in 748 A.H.