Qamus al-rijal (book) (Arabic/Persian: قاموس الرِجال) is an (Islamic) book regarding "Rijal", in Arabic;[1][2] which has been written by the Iranian Twelver Shia scholar Mohammad-Taqi Shoushtari[3][4] in 12 volumes,[5] authoring's start in 1936.
The writer asserts that: he himself has removed the mistakes/errors which were found in the book of Tanqihol-Maqal.
The author of the book is Mohammad-Taqi Shoushtari who is one of the scholars of Elme-Rejal (Biographical evaluation) of the fourteenth lunar century.
Shoushtari intended to name his book"Tashih Tanqih al-Maghal"; but he finally chose his book's name as Qamus-al-Rijal due to his friends/relatives' suggestion.
[11] Qamus al-Rijal[12][13][14] has been named by Agha Bozorg Tehrani as "Ta'liaqat-Tanqih al-Maqal (Commentary on the Revision of the Article)" and also as "Hawashi Tanqih al-Maqal (The margins of the revision of the article)"[15]