He first assumed office in 441 AH, remained for nine years, then was dismissed. He was re-appointed in 453 AH, but after two years was removed by Badr al-Jamālī (1) — Ibn ʿAsākir mentions this in brief. A year later Badr fled the city, whereupon Ḥaydara (2) ibn Manzu (3) al-Kutāmī, known as Ḥiṣn al-Dawlah, took charge. He arrived in Ramadan 456 AH, but was deposed two months later (4) and Durrī al-Mustanṣirī was made governor in his stead.
88 – al-Kāzarūnī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Bayān ibn Muḥammad
The peerless imam, shaykh of the Shāfiʿīs, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Bayān (5) ibn Muḥammad al-Kāzarūnī, a master reciter of the Quran and the leading jurist of Āmid.
He transmitted hadith from Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Ṣayyāḥ al-Baladī, the judge Abū ʿUmar al-Hāshimī, Ibn Razqūyah (6), and Ibn Abī al-Fawāris (7).
He studied the Quran with al-Ḥammāmī (8) — or with another teacher.
(1) His biographical entry will appear in volume 19, no. 294.
(2) A notice on his son, Mualla ibn Haydara, will be found under no. 263.
(3) This is how the name is written here, whereas in the biography of Mualla it is given as “Munazza(h)” with a final h instead of w.
(4) See Tahdhib Tarikh Dimashq, 5/25.
(*) Further sources: Tabaqat al-Subki, 4/122-123; Tabaqat al-Isnawi, 2/347; Kashf al-Zunun, 1/1; Hadiyyat al-Arifin, 2/71. – The nisba “al-Kazaruni” refers to the town of Kazrun (with an initial z and final n), a city in Fars situated between the coast and Shiraz.
(5) The name is spelled with the letter b and a medial ya; in Tabaqat al-Isnawi and Kashf al-Zunun it was mistakenly read “Banan” with a final n instead of ya. Hadiyyat al-Arifin also records the n-form, though others retain the ya.
(6) This is the imam Abu-l-Hasan Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rizq al-Baghdadi, d. 412 AH; his biography appeared in volume 17, no. 155.
(7) This is Abu-l-Fath Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Faris al-Baghdadi, d. 412 AH; see volume 17, no. 133.
(8) This is the Iraqi Qurʾan-reciter Abu-l-Hasan Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Umar al-Baghdadi, d. 417 AH; his biography was given in volume 17, no. 265.