249 – al-Mukharramī, Abū Saʿd al-Mubārak ibn ʿAlī*
The erudite scholar and Shaykh of the Hanbalīs: Abū Saʿd al-Mubārak ibn ʿAlī al-Mukharramī (1), of Baghdad.

He studied jurisprudence under the judge Abū Yaʿlā, then under Abū Jaʿfar ibn Abī Mūsā and Yaʿqūb ibn Sutūrā al-Barzabīnī, staying with them until he rose to prominence. He built a madrasa at Bāb al-Azaj; after his death his pupil Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir taught there and expanded it (2).

He was morally upright and chaste, served as a deputy judge, acquired a magnificent collection of books, prospered in worldly affairs, and built a residence, a bathhouse, and a garden.

He transmitted hadith from Abū Jaʿfar ibn al-Muslima and Abū al-Ghanāʾim ibn al-Maʾmūn, and many people studied law with him.

Among those who narrated from him was al-Mubārak ibn Kāmil.

He died in Muḥarram 513 AH after reaching advanced age.

250 – al-Ashqar, Abū Manṣūr Maḥmūd ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Muḥammad**
The eminent, trustworthy shaykh: Abū Manṣūr Maḥmūd ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Muḥammad ibn