and ʿAbd Allah ibn Yusuf, and Abu ʿAli al-Rudhbarī, and Abu ʿAbd Allah al-Hakim, and al-Sulamī, together with a number of others.

She was a devout, steadfast worshipper, given to long night vigils, and of lofty rank.

Those who reported from her include ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Furawi, Zahir al-Shahhami, Abu al-Asʿad Hibat al-Rahman ibn ʿAbd al-Wahid—her grandson—and others.

She passed away in Dhu al-Qaʿdah, 480 AH, at the age of ninety—may Allah have mercy on her.

244 – Fatimah bint al-Hasan ibn ʿAli al-Baghdadi al-ʿAttar* (1)

She was Umm al-Fadl the scribe, better known as Bint al-Aqraʿ.

People strove to emulate her calligraphy because of its exquisite beauty (2).

She is the one who was commissioned to draft the armistice letter sent, on behalf of the caliphate, to the Byzantine despot; her handwriting became proverbial (3).

She narrated hadith from Abu ʿUmar ibn Mahdi and others.

Those who transmitted from her include Abu al-Qasim ibn al-Samarqandi, the Maristan judge, ʿAbd al-Wahhab al-Anmati, and Abu Saʿd ibn al-Baghdadi.