al-Sarrāj. He resided for a period in Tripoli, then in Aleppo, where he entered the service of Sayf al-Dawla. A number of leading scholars completed their training under him. King ʿAḍud al-Dawla used to say, “In grammar I am a disciple of Abū ʿAlī, and in astronomy a disciple of al-Rāzī.”⦗1⦘
Among his students were Abū al-Fatḥ Ibn Jinnī and ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā al-Rabaʿī. His authored works are many and beneficial. He did, however, hold Muʿtazilī views. He lived eighty-nine years and died in Baghdad in Rabīʿ al-Awwal, 377 AH. Among his books are al-Ḥujja on the causes of the Qurʾanic variant readings, al-Īḍāḥ, al-Takmila, and other writings.
272 – Ibn Abī Dhuhl, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-ʿUṣmī
The imām, ḥāfiẓ, distinguished authority, and leader of Khurasan: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad, son of Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUṣm⦗2⦘ ibn Abī Dhuhl al-ʿUṣmī.
… Makram). He studied under Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Mubarrad and other scholars of that circle; because of his constant attendance on al-Mubarrad and his many questions, he was nicknamed “Mubriman.”
His biography is recorded in Inba al-ruwat, 3/189, where the modern editor lists the principal sources for his life.
(1) See Inba al-ruwat, 1/273.
(*) Additional sources: Tarikh Baghdad, 3/119-121; al-Ansab, 8/471-473; al-Lubab, 2/345; al-Ibar, 3/9; Tadhkirat al-huffaz, 3/1006-1007; al-Wafi bi-l-wafayat, 3/191; Tabaqat al-Subki, 3/175-177; Tabaqat al-huffaz, p. 399; Shadharat al-dhahab, 3/92-93; Hadiyyat al-arifin, 2/51.
(2) This is the form of the name found in the base manuscript. Al-Khatib, al-Samani, Ibn al-Athir, the author of the Tadhkira, al-Subki and al-Suyuti all read: “Muhammad ibn al-Abbas ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isam…,” while al-Wafi bi-l-wafayat records: “Muhammad ibn al-Abbas ibn al-Abbas ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Isam….”