al-Narsī, a refined man of letters and one of the poets of Baghdad.
He was born in 544 AH.
The first ḥadīth he heard was that of Ibn Zunbur the bookseller, transmitted through Abū Muḥammad Ibn al-Mādiḥ; al-Zaynabī related it to us on his authority.
The second was the ḥadīth of Ibn Ṣāʿid, conveyed with its full chain of transmission.
He also auditioned traditions from Hibat Allāh Ibn al-Shiblī and Abū al-Fatḥ Ibn al-Baṭṭī.
From Ibn al-Baṭṭī he heard the Musnad of Ḥumayd, traced back to Anas, compiled by Abū Bakr al-Shāfiʿī, as well as Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr’s al-Istīʿāb through al-Ḥumaydī, receiving a written authorization from the author that covered what he had missed.
Through their audition from al-Niʿālī he obtained the fourth section of al-Maḥāmiliyyāt from Ṣāliḥ ibn ar-Rakhla and Tarkanāz bint al-Dāmaghānī.
Among those who narrated from him were Ibn al-Dubaythī, Jamāl Ibn al-Ṣayrafī, and Taqī Ibn al-Wāsiṭī. By way of written ijāzah, Fāṭimah bint Sulaymān and a number of others also transmitted from him.
He worked as a scribe but was inept at administration; nonetheless, he was witty and agreeable company.
He died in Jumādā al-Ākhirah, 626 AH.

170 – Ibn al-Narsī ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn al-Mubārak ibn Aḥmad*
The learned shaykh, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn al-Mubārak ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Hibat Allāh al-Narsī, a Baghdadi Sufi, transmitted ḥadīth from Abū al-Waqt al-Sijzī and others while in al-Andalus. He also produced several works on