Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

any of the original source-books?’
He replied, ‘I once possessed a shidda (1) and sold it to Abū al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Tuyūrī (2); I have no idea what was inside it.’ We therefore went to Ibn al-Tuyūrī, and he produced it. In it were his audition certificates from al-Malīnī and others, so we read the material aloud to him.

I (the author) add: This ḥāfiẓ, Abū ʿAbd Allāh, died in Ṣafar of the year 493 AH, at an age well above ninety. Al-Salafī obtained an ijāza from him, and several fascicles of ʿawālī (hadiths with elevated chains) reaching back through him have come down to us.

58 – al-Dhakwānī, Abū al-Ḥusayn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad

Trustworthy and prolific, Abū al-Ḥusayn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān—son of the shaykh Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿAlī al-Hamadhānī—known as al-Dhakwānī, from Isfahān, was an owner of original manuscripts and possessed an extensive range of transmissions.

He heard hadith from Ibn Mayla, Abū Bakr ibn Mardawayh, al-Malīnī, his grandfather, ʿUthmān al-Burjī, and many others.

He was born a little after 390 AH and died on the Day of ʿArafah, 484 AH.

Many narrated from him, among them ʿAbd al-Jalīl ibn Muḥammad Kutāhū (3) and the ḥāfiẓ

(1) That is: a set of folios bound together. (2) Lisan al-Mizan, vol. 2, p. 268. (*) Al-Ansab, 6:15–16; Al-Ibar, 3:304–305; Shadharat al-Dhahab, 3:371. (3) Kutah is the sobriquet of Abd al-Jalil according to the author in his Tadhkira (4:1314), whereas Ibn Hajar, in Nuzhat al-Albab, says it pertains to his father Muhammad; his biography will be given in volume 20, no. 224.
شَيْء مِنَ الأُصُوْل؟ فَقَالَ: كَانَ عِنْدِي شِدَّة (١) بِعتُهَا لأَبِي الحُسَيْن بن الطُّيورِي (٢) ، مَا أَدْرِي مَا فِيْهَا، فَمَضَينَا إِلَى ابْنِ الطُّيورِي، فَأَخْرَجَهَا فِيْهَا سَمَاعُهُ مِنَ المَالِيْنِيّ وَغَيْرِهِ، فَقَرَأْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِ. قُلْتُ: مَاتَ الحَافِظُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ هَذَا فِي صَفَرٍ، سَنَةَ ثَلاَثٍ وَتِسْعِيْنَ وَأَرْبَعِ مائَةٍ، عَنْ أَرْجَحَ مِنْ تِسْعِيْنَ سَنَةً، وَقَدْ رَوَى عَنْهُ السِّلَفِيّ بِالإِجَازَةِ، وَوَقَعَ لَنَا مِنْ عَوَالِيْهِ جَمَاعَةُ أَجزَاء. ٥٨ - الذَّكوَانِيُّ أَبُو الحُسَيْنِ أَحْمَدُ بنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بنِ مُحَمَّدٍ * الصَّدُوْق، المُكْثِر، أَبُو الحُسَيْنِ أَحْمَدُ بنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ابنِ الشَّيْخ أَبِي بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الهَمَذَانِيّ، الذَّكْوَانِي، الأَصْبَهَانِيّ، صَاحِبُ أُصُوْل، وَاسِعُ الرِّوَايَة. سَمِعَ مِنِ: ابنِ مَيْلَةَ، وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ بنِ مَرْدَوَيْه، وَالمَالِيْنِيّ، وَجدِّه، وَعُثْمَان البُرجِي، وَخَلْقٍ. وُلِدَ: سَنَةَ نَيِّفٍ وَتِسْعِيْنَ وَثَلاَثِ مائَةٍ. وَتُوُفِّيَ: فِي يَوْم عَرَفَةَ، سَنَةَ أَرْبَعٍ وَثَمَانِيْنَ وَأَرْبَعِ مائَةٍ. حَدَّثَ عَنْهُ خلقٌ، مِنْهُم: عَبدُ الجَلِيْل بن مُحَمَّدٍ كوتَاهُ (٣) ، وَالحَافِظُ
(١) أي: مجموعة من الأوراق يشد بعضها إلى بعض. (٢) لسان الميزان: ٢ / ٢٦٨. (*) الأنساب: ٦ / ١٥ - ١٦، العبر: ٣ / ٣٠٤ - ٣٠٥، شذرات الذهب: ٣ / ٣٧١. (٣) كوتاه: لقب لعبد الجليل عند المصنف كما في " تذكرته ": ٤ / ١٣١٤، وقال الحافظ ابن حجر في " نزهة الالباب ": هو لقب لابيه محمد، وسترد ترجمته في الجزء العشرين رقم: (٢٢٤) .

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