As far as the information of the author name, there are two names referred to him, namely Al-Zarnuji who is
Burhanuddin Al-Zarnuji, who lived in 6th century or 13 century and Tajuddin Al-Zarnuji who is Nu'man Ibrahim
who passed away in 6th century (Athiyatullah,1970 : 58-59). Regarding his career, according to Plessner cited by
Yahya, he was one religious scholar of Hanafith Madhab around 13th century, and thus he could be recognised as
in year 593 H with his treatise, Ta'lim al Muta'allim (2005 : 2).
In regard to the place where he lived in, it is referred that he lived in Zarnuq or Zarnuj (Athiyullah, 1970 : 58).
Moreover, there has been an assumption that the place for his birth was the famous state located at around Tigris
river, namely Eastern Turkistan. When assumming implicitly about the date of his life, he did not mention it in his
kitab. It is in general that he lived in the last period of Abbasite chaliph, where its last caliphate was al Mu’tashim
(1258M/656H).
Some of the information regarding the period of scholars’ life which is regarded as Al-Zarnuji’teacher or with
whom Al-Zarnuji had at least corresponded will shed the light on this problem. Among them, there are (1) Fakhr
al Islam al Hasan Ibn Mansur al Farghani Khadikan who died in 592/ 1196 ; (2) Zahir al- Din al Hasan Ibn ‘Ali al