He heard from ʿAbd al-Wahhab ibn Manda and others of that generation; he travelled far and wide in search of knowledge and caught up with Abu al-Qasim ibn al-Busri. He passed away in Shawwal, 521 AH.

310 – Khwarazmshah Abuʾl-Fath Muhammad ibn Nushtekin *
The king and scholar Abuʾl-Fath Muhammad ibn Nushtekin was devout, outstanding, righteous, God-fearing, generous, constant in Quranic recitation and military expeditions, and well-versed in tafsir. He used to say, “I heard Nizam al-Mulk remark: ‘Performing the dawn prayer while it is still dark dispels the darkness of the grave.’”

He died in Shawwal, 522 AH. His rule over Khwarazm lasted thirty years. He was among the most just of kings, and after him the sultanate passed to his son Atsiz (1).

311 – al-Qataʾifi Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAli ibn Hamd **
The venerable, long-lived shaykh Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAli ibn Hamd al-Nuhawandi, known as al-Qataʾifi, resided in Baghdad.

He was born in Dinawar in 436 AH, and he and his father fled in haste to Baghdad when the Seljuq Ghuzz tribes appeared.

He heard hadith from ʿAli ibn al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi, Abu Muhammad al-Jawhari, the judge Abu Yaʿla, al-Khatib, and a number of others.