, the Qayrawani, a prolific author. He transmitted ḥadīth from Aḥmad ibn Naṣr, Aḥmad ibn Ziyād, Qāsim ibn Aṣbagh, and Aḥmad ibn ʿUbāda. He settled in Córdoba and enjoyed the patronage of its ruler, al-Mustanṣir al-Marwānī. Among his works are Kitāb al-Ittifāq wa-l-Ikhtilāf (Agreement and Divergence) on the school of Mālik, Kitāb al-Futyā (Legal Responsa), Tārīkh al-Andalus (History of al-Andalus), Tārīkh al-Ifrīqiyyīn (History of the North Africans), and Kitāb al-Nasab (Genealogies); it was even said that he composed one hundred volumes for al-Mustanṣir. He was counted among the leading poets and dabbled in alchemy, yet after the death of his patron he was reduced to sitting in a shop selling oils. Abū Bakr ibn Ḥubayl narrated from him. He died in 361 AH, though another report places his death in 371 AH.
121 – Al-Marwarudhī: Abū Ḥāmid Aḥmad ibn Bishr ibn ʿĀmir*
The erudite authority, leader of the Shāfiʿīs, Abū Ḥāmid Aḥmad ibn Bishr ibn ʿĀmir al-Marwarudhī, mufti of Basra and a prolific author.