Since the relevant hadiths are scattered here and there in these books, this paper serves as a guide for those who refer to al-Tabarani’s three Mucjams.

Majid Fallah-pour:

A Comparative Study of Al-Li’ali of al-Suyuti and Al-Mawducat of Ibn al-Jawzi on a Critique of the Hadiths on the Virtues of Imam cAli.

There are some books, written by great hadith transmitters, on recognition of forged hadiths current among the Sunnite ulema. Two of such works are Al-Mawducat of Ibn al-Jawzi and Al-Li’ali al-Masnuca fi’l-Ahadith al-Mawduca of al-Suyuti.
The writer first defines the forged hadith, points out to the necessity of recognizing such hadiths, and then gives a list of the most famous books of Al-Mawducat.
The writer’s main point of comparison centres around al-Suyuti’s and Ibn al-Jawzi’s introdution to their chapters on the forged hadiths on the virtues of Imam cAli. They both critically studied a number of hadiths concerning (1) Imam Ali’s admission of Islam prior to all other people. (2)

cAli-Rida Hazar:

The Virtues of Imam cAli and the Ahl al-Bayt in Firdaws al-Akhbar.

Very little information is available on the life of Abu Shujac Shiruya b. Shahrdar Daylami Hamadani (445-509/1053-115). Only some of his teachers and students are mentioned in the sources, and three books are ascribed to him, i.e. Tarikh-i Hamadan [A History of Hamadan], Riyad al-Uns and the famous book Firdaws al-Akhbar. Accordirg to him, there are 10,000 hadiths of the Prophet in Firdaws al-Akhbar, covering traditions and practices, rituals, sermons, parables, and virtues, all mentioned in brief and without documents and references. This work was written on the basis of Shahab al-Akhbar of Qudaci Shafici.
The present aricle is devoted to extract the hadiths on the virtues of Imam cAli and the Ahl al-Bayt, as mentioned in Firdaws al-Bakhbar. In it, the writer first gives the (successive) hadith number in the book, together with the name of the hadith transmitter and the very text of the hadith. He then Locates the hadith in Firdaws al-Akhbar as well as in the other sources which contain it, all mentioned in footnotes.