, al-Faradi, and Abu Bakr ibn Abi ʿAli.
Among those who narrated from him were Ismaʿil ibn Muhammad al-Hafiz and Abu Tahir al-Silafi. Ismaʿil al-Hafiz was asked about him and said, “A shaykh—there is nothing objectionable about him.” Al-Silafi stated that he passed away in Muharram, 490 AH. I add: he lived past ninety, and he was the last of those who related from al-Jurjani to die.
- Al-Bakri — Abu ʿUbayd ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAziz ibn Muhammad
The eminent, versatile scholar Abu ʿUbayd ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAziz ibn Muhammad al-Bakri, a resident of Cordoba.
He narrated from Abu Marwan Ibn Hayyan and Abu Bakr al-Musḥafi, and Abu ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Barr granted him an authorization to transmit. He was a leading authority on the Arabic language and the “Days of the Arabs.”
He composed Aʿlam al-Nubuwwa (Signs of Prophethood), prepared a commentary on al-Qali’s Amali, and authored the works Ishtiqaq al-Asmaʾ (Derivation of Names) and Muʿjam ma Istaʿjam min al-Buldan (Glossary of Obscure Place-Names).