78 – al-Kutubi, Abū ʿAbd Allah al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad
The imam, ḥāfiẓ, and leading hadith scholar of Herat; the judge, historian, and authority: Abū ʿAbd Allah al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Kutubi al-Harawi.
He studied under Saʿīd ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Qurashi, the ḥāfiẓ Abū Yaʿqūb al-Qarrāb, Sālim ibn ʿAbd Allah Abū Maʿmar, and their peers.
Transmitters who narrated from him include: Abū al-Naḍr al-Fāmī, ʿAbd al-Rashīd ibn Nāṣir, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿAbd Allah, Masʿūd ibn Muḥammad al-Ghānimi, and others.
Al-Samʿānī commended him, saying, “He showed exceptional dedication to historical works and was nicknamed Ḥākim Kurrasa.” (1)
He passed away in Ṣafar, 496 AH, at the age of eighty-seven.
79 – al-Shīḥī, Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Muḥsin ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī
Imam, hadith scholar, indefatigable traveler, and trustworthy narrator: Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Muḥsin ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Shuhdānkah al-Shīḥī (2), later of Baghdad, the jurist,