until he said: “He was martyred when the enemy stormed Almería, in Jumada al-Akhirah (1), the year 542 (2) AH, having nearly reached ninety years of age—may Allah have mercy on him. It is also reported that he was born in Jumada al-Akhirah, in the year 466 (3) AH.”

176 – al-Azajī, Abū al-Muʿammar al-Mubārak ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz*
The imām, ḥāfiẓ, and authoritative scholar, Abū al-Muʿammar al-Mubārak ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Anṣārī, better known as al-Azajī.
He heard ḥadith from al-Niʿālī, Ibn al-Baṭir, and others of their generation.
He compiled al-Muʿjam (his biographical index) in a single volume.
Among those who transmitted from him are al-Samʿānī, Ibn ʿAsākir (4), Ibn al-Jawzī, and al-Kindī.
Ibn Nuqṭah judged him trustworthy.
He died in 549 AH at the age of seventy-four.

177 – Ibn al-Ṭallāyah, Aḥmad ibn Abī Ghālib ibn Aḥmad al-Kāghadhī**
The truthful, ascetic shaykh, an exemplar and a blessing for the Muslims, Abū