as well as influence, high office, and great wealth. He remained in lofty standing until he aspired to kingship: he broke with the Khan of Samarqand, ordered coins to be struck in his own name, enlisted thousands of troops, collected the revenues, and his authority grew immense. The Khan then captured him, cut him in two (1), seized his riches and his womenfolk, and wiped out his entourage until not even a single fire-stoker was left. This took place in 492 AH.

4 – Ḥajjāj b. Qāsim, Abū Muḥammad al-Bustī* (previously mentioned)
An imam and jurist, Abū Muḥammad al-Bustī heard ḥadith from his father—a disciple of Ibn Abī Zayd—and in Mecca from Abū Dharr (2). He transmitted al-Ṣaḥīḥ, presided over the scholars of Al-Marīyah and later of Sabtah (Ceuta). Among those who received ḥadith from him were the judge Abū Muḥammad Manṣūr, Abū ʿAlī b. Ṭarīf, Abū al-Qāsim b. al-ʿAjūz, and others. He died in 481 AH.

266 – al-Shāshī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Ḥāmid**
The imam, the erudite scholar, and chief of the Shāfiʿīs, Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Ḥāmid al-Shāshī, author of the famous ṭarīqa (3).