He kept close company with Abū Saʿīd al-Sīrāfī in Baghdad and with Abū ʿAlī al-Fārisī in Shīrāz until he reached the height of expertise.

We have been informed that Abū ʿAlī once said, “Tell ʿAlī al-Baghdādī: were you to travel from East to West, you would not find anyone more proficient in grammar than you.” (1)

It is also reported that he remained in his company for a little over a dozen years (2).

He composed a commentary on al-Īḍāḥ (3) and another on the Mukhtaṣar of al-Jarmī (4).

Many leading scholars studied under him.

He died in Muḥarram 420 AH at the age of ninety-two.

It is said that his family was originally from Shīrāz, and he was born in 328 AH.

256 – Ibn Marzūq, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Miṣrī *

The venerable shaykh, Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim ibn Marzūq al-Miṣrī, al-Anmāṭī, whose integrity was acknowledged.

He heard the Sīra from Abū Muḥammad ibn al-Ward, and he also heard from Aḥmad ibn ʿUbayd.