from him were Abū Ismāʿīl al-Anṣārī, ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. al-Qushayrī, and a number of others. He himself also heard ḥadith from Abū al-Ḥasan al-Fārisī and the ḥāfiẓ Abū ʿAlī al-Naysābūrī, and he lived to a very advanced age. He died in 422 AH, shortly before the death of al-Ṭirāzī (1); he therefore belongs to the same cohort and should be grouped with him.
296 – Al-Qūmisānī Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Mazdīn *
The shaykh, the scholar, the reliable authority, Abū Manṣūr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Mazdīn al-Qūmisānī al-Hamadhānī.
He transmitted ḥadith from his father, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jallāb, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿUbayd, ʿAmr b. Ḥusayn al-Ṣarrām, Aws b. Aḥmad, Abū ʿAlī al-Raffāʾ, Abū Jaʿfar b. Barzah, and al-Faḍl b. al-Faḍl al-Kindī.
Among those who related from him were his son Ṭāhir; his grandson Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad b. Ṭāhir b. Muḥammad; his nephew Abū al-Faḍl Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān; Abū Ṭāhir Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Rūdhbārī; and many others besides.
Shīrawayh said, “He was trustworthy and truthful.”
He passed away in Jumādā al-Ākhirah, 423 AH.