Lives of scholars of Baghdad, being a continuation of Ibn al-Najjār's work on the same subject.
Title on p. [4] of cover: Muntakhab al-Mukhtar.
201 biographies, arranged alphabetically, drawn from al-Salāmī's al-Mukhtār al-Mudhayyal which was composed as a supplement (dhayl) to Tārīkh Baghdād by al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī.