Egypt (1). His nephew Maḥmūd (2) thereupon seized the moment: he fought, took possession of the city, and went through many twists of fortune until his death in 468 AH (3).
After him, his son Naṣr b. Maḥmūd b. Naṣr b. Ṣāliḥ b. Mirdās held authority for only a few days before he was killed, whereupon his brother Sābiq (4) succeeded him and reigned until 472 AH.
The ruler of Mosul, Muslim b. Quraysh (5), then wrested Aleppo from Sābiq.
237 – Ismāʿīl b. Yanāl, Abū Ibrāhīm al-Maḥbūbī
The shaykh and centenarian Abū Ibrāhīm al-Maḥbūbī.
He received hadith from his patron Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Maḥbūb al-Marwazī—the compiler of the Jāmiʿ of Abū ʿĪsā—and from Abū Bakr al-Dārburdī, who was the last person to transmit from Ibn Maḥbūb.
Abū Bakr al-Samʿānī said, “He was reliable and learned; by Allah’s grace I met a number of his companions.”
I add: Abū al-Fatḥ Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Ḥaddād obtained from him a well-known written authorization that includes his narrations.
Abū Bakr al-Samʿānī also said, “He was born in 334 AH.”