and ʿAbd al-Wahhāb said, “ʿĀṣim was chaste, pure-souled, upright, gentle in his poetry and refined in temperament. He once told me, ‘I fell ill, so I washed my collection of verse.’ (1)

Abū ʿAlī ibn Sukkara said, “ʿĀṣim was trustworthy and distinguished, a poet of abundant output. He used to honor me, and I had a fixed appointment with him every Thursday; had the caliph himself come to him on that day, he would not have displaced me.”

Another said, “He was a man of witty anecdotes, rare tales, graceful manners, keen intelligence, and polished composition.”

He lived to a great age, people journeyed to him, and he was scrupulous, devout, and righteous.

He died in Jumada al-Ākhira of the year 483 (2) AH in Baghdad, at the age of eighty-six.

317 – al-Kurkānjī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī

He was the leading Qurʾan reader of Khurasan: Abū Naṣr (3) Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Ḥāmid al-Marwazī. He resided for a time in Jurjāniyya, Khwarazm, and so came to be associated with it.