And Ibn al-Najjār (1) said: “He was a ḥadith master, reliable, exacting, urbane, intelligent, and humble. He composed both verse and prose. We travelled together for a time, and I benefitted greatly from him (2). He settled in Khwārizm until the Tatars burned the city, and after the year 618 AH no trace of him remained. I had taken transmission from him in Marw, and he was born in 570 AH.”
I say: In that same year, 618 AH, the Tatars captured the ḥadith master, the learned ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz (3) ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Tamīm al-Shaybānī of Damascus, one of the renowned students, and no news of him was ever heard again.
98 – Yāqūt al-Kabīr, Amīn al-Dīn al-Mawṣilī al-Malikī *
The calligrapher of exceptional skill: Amīn al-Dīn al-Mawṣilī al-Malikī, a client of the Seljuq sultan Malikshāh ibn Saljūq ibn Muḥammad ibn Malikshāh.
He excelled in Arabic and rose to prominence in it, and the standard of beautiful handwriting ultimately rested with him. He produced several copies of al-Ṣiḥāḥ (4), and the sons of leading families studied penmanship under him. When he grew old, however, his script deteriorated.