he heard ḥadith from Abū Naṣr al-Zaynabī and from the judge al-Khilaʿī in Egypt, and he held the teaching post at the Zawzanī ribāṭ. Those who narrated from him include al-Silafī—who praised him—and Abū Muḥammad ibn al-Khashshāb. He was still alive in 544 AH.
142 – Al-Shaḥḥāmī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn *
The unrivalled leader, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn (1) ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Shaḥḥāmī, from Nishapur.
He served the Khātūn. He had heard extensively from al-Faḍl ibn al-Muḥibb, Abū Bakr ibn Khalaf, al-Ṣarrām, and Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Tiflīsī. Among those who transmitted from him were al-Samʿānī and his son ʿAbd al-Raḥīm. He died on the night of mid-Shaʿbān in 545 AH.
143 – Al-Raffāʾ, Abū al-Ḥusayn Aḥmad ibn Munīr ibn Aḥmad **
The poet of Syria, Abū al-Ḥusayn Aḥmad ibn Munīr ibn Aḥmad ibn Mufliḥ