146 – al-Najjad ʿAli ibn al-Qasim ibn al-Hasan al-Basri
The shaykh, reliable authority, and scholar, Abu al-Hasan ʿAli ibn al-Qasim ibn al-Hasan al-Basri—better known as al-Najjad—was, together with Abu ʿUmar al-Hashimi, the principal musnid of Basra.
He ranked among the foremost upright transmitters and was one of the last to narrate from Abu Rawq al-Hizzani.
He also conveyed the Sunan (hadith collection) of Ahmad ibn ʿUbayd al-Saffar, yet I have found no further information about the latter.
Among those who related from him were Abu Bakr al-Khatib, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Mustamli al-ʿAttar, al-Hasan ibn ʿUmar ibn Yunus al-Isbahani, and others.
He was still alive in 413 AH, having reached an advanced age and remaining singular in certain transmissions.

147 – Ibn Baluwayh ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Naysaburi
The uniquely distinguished leader, trustworthy authority, and musnid, Abu Muhammad ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Baluwayh al-Naysaburi, known as al-Muzakki.
He transmitted from Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Qattan, Abu al-ʿAbbas al-Asamm, Abu Bakr ibn al-Muʾammal, Abu al-Hasan al-Taraʾifi, Abu Muhammad al-Kaʿbi, and Abu ʿAli ibn al-Sawwaf al-Baghdadi.
He was the last of al-Qattan’s disciples to pass away.
Those who narrated from him include Abu Bakr al-Bayhaqi, Abu Salih the muezzin, and Muhammad ibn Yahya.