written by al-Haafidh Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Mizzi (Rahimahullaah) is an abridged work of a even more famous book that only exist in Manuscript (al-Kamaal fi 'Asmaa' al-Rijaal) by 'Abdul Ghaani al-Maqdisi. It contains the biographies of 8,640 narrators, including Companions. It has been published in 35e volumes by ar-Risaalah al-Alamiyyah in Beirut, Lebanon; the first edition was  published in 1998. The names of the biography subjects are arranged in alphabetical order.