of the names of narrators; he was also one of those most devoted to collecting transmissions. He became the leader of the students of knowledge in Marrakesh and, through serving the Sultan, obtained wide worldly prosperity. He authored a number of works, taught, and transmitted hadith.

He (Jamāl al-Dīn) said: “He died in Rabīʿ al-Awwal of the year 628 AH while occupying the judgeship of Sijilmāsa.”

I add: From his compilation al-Wahm wa’l-Īhām (1) I extracted benefits that bear witness to the keenness of his intellect, the fluidity of his mind, and his discernment of hidden defects. Yet he was unduly strict in certain places and declared Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, Suhayl ibn Abī Ṣāliḥ, and others of their rank to be weak.

184 – Ibn al-Narsī, Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Baghdādī *

The shaykh, Abū Naṣr Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn, son of the shaykh Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Naṣr Aḥmad ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Abī al-Ḥusayn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥasanūn al-Narsī, al-Baghdādī, the merchant.

He was born in the early 540s AH (2).

He heard hadith from his grandfather Abū Muḥammad and from Abū al-Waqt al-Sijzī.

Among those who narrated from him are Ibn Nuqṭah, Ibn al-Dubaythī, Abū Isḥāq Ibn al-Wāsiṭī, Muḥammad ibn Abī Manṣūr ibn Muʿallā al-Dabbāhī, and others.