He died on the Day of ʿĀshūrāʾ in 508 AH, having reached the age of eighty.
225 – Ibn al-Muṭṭalib, Abū al-Maʿālī Hibat Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī*
The eminent grand vizier, Abū al-Maʿālī Hibat Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muṭṭalib al-Kirmānī, a Shāfiʿī jurist.
He was among the leading dignitaries, a foremost authority in the dīwān’s accounts; he attained distinction and prestige, serving as vizier to al-Mustazhir bi-Llāh for two and a half years before being dismissed.
He transmitted ḥadith from ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn al-Maʾmūn and his peers. A man celebrated for charity and piety, he bore the honorific “Mujīr al-Dīn” (Protector of the Religion). Possessed of experience, virtue, and keen intelligence, he was removed from office in 502 AH and remained at home until his death in 509 AH.
226 – al-Bāqarḥī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq**
The venerable shaykh and hadith transmitter, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Makhlad al-Bāqarḥī, later known as al-Baghdādī. He was a discreet man from a household devoted to transmission (1) and heard a large corpus of reports.
Born in 437 AH, he received ḥadith from Abū al-Ḥasan ibn al-Qazwīnī, Abū Bakr ibn Bishrān, and Abū al-Fath ibn