(*) Sources: al-Muntazam 10/239; al-Kamil 11/376; Mirat al-zaman 8/182–183; Wafayat al-aʿyan 4/225–226; al-Mukhtasar al-muhtaj ilayh 1/116; al-ʿIbar 4/200; al-Wafi bi-l-wafayat 1/279–280; Mirat al-janan 3/382–383; Tabaqat al-Subki 6/389–391; Tabaqat al-Isnawi 1/260–263; al-Bidaya wa-l-nihaya 12/269; Tarikh Ibn al-Furat, vol. 4, part 1, p. 206; Shadharat al-dhahab 4/224. al-Barawi: Ibn Khallikan vocalises the nisba with an open b and r followed by a waw; he adds that he does not know to what it refers, that al-Samʿani does not mention it, and that he strongly suspects it designates a locality near Tus. Ibn al-Imad writes it with an open b and a geminated, damma-marked r, deriving it from Baruyih, the ancestor (jid). If the nisba is indeed a patronymic, al-Samʿani records it in al-Ansab 2/177 under al-Baruyyi, but he does not list the present biographee. The form was corrupted in al-Kamil into “al-Buri” and in al-Bidaya into “al-Dawi.” (1) Al-Muntazam and al-Bidaya call him Abu al-Muzaffar, whereas al-ʿIbar and Shadharat name him Abu Hamid. (2) According to Tabaqat al-Subki 6/389, his full name is Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Ismail; others say Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Ismail b. Abd Allah. (3) On this marginalia, see Tabaqat al-Isnawi 1/261. (4) The base manuscript reads: “akthar mujawwada”; the emended reading adopted here is preferable. (5) This refers to Muhammad b. Yahya al-Shafiʿi, whose biography appeared above under no. 208. (6) For the circumstances of his death, consult al-Kamil 11/376; Mirat al-zaman 8/183; Tabaqat al-Subki 6/390; and al-Wafi 1/280.