(*) Ibn Rashiq, Diwan, pp. 174–175; al-Dhakhira, vol. 4, part 2, pp. 584–597; Muʿjam al-Udabaʾ, 2/94–97; Wafayat al-Aʿyan, 1/54–55; Masalik al-Absar, 11/309; al-Wafi bi-l-Wafayat, 6/61; ʿUnwan al-Arib, 1/43; Kashf al-Zunun, 1/785 and 2/957; Hadiyat al-ʿArifin, 1/8; and the introduction to Zahr al-Adab by Muhyi al-Din ʿAbd al-Hamid and Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim. Al-Husri—with a ḍamma on the ḥaʾ and a sukūn on the undotted ṣad—derives from the craft of weaving and selling reed mats. (1) For samples of his poetry see Muʿjam al-Udabaʾ, 2/95–96, and al-Dhakhira, vol. 4, part 2, pp. 593–597, among them: Your love controls my glance and my speech, my public show, my secret thought, my very sense; If I speak, every word is about you; and if I fall silent, my soul still talks of you. (2) The full title of the work is Zahr al-Adab wa Thimar al-Albab (The Blossoms of Adab and the Fruits of Intellect), and it has been printed several times. (3) Ibn Bassam entitled it al-Masun min al-Dawawin; Yaqut: al-Masun wa al-Durr al-Maknun; Ibn Khallikan: al-Masun fi Sirr al-Hawa al-Maknun. A copy is preserved in the Arif Hikmat Library in al-Madinah al-Munawwarah. Other writings are listed in the biographical sources. (4) Ibn Bassam, in al-Dhakhira, gives one date for his death; Yaqut says 413 AH, while Ibn Khallikan upholds the first opinion, quoting Qadi al-Rashid b. al-Zubayr who reports that al-Husri composed Zahr al-Adab in 450 AH—evidence that favors Ibn Bassam’s view. See also Wafayat al-Aʿyan, 1/55. (5) A detailed biography will appear in volume 19, no. 16.