204 – Ibn Barrijān ʿAbd al-Salām ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Lakhmī *

The eminent scholar and foremost linguist of his day, Abū al-Ḥakam ʿAbd al-Salām ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, son of the shaykh of the Sufis Abū al-Ḥakam ʿAbd al-Salām ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī al-Rajjāl Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Lakhmī—originally from Ifrīqiyyah, later a resident of Seville, and a master reciter of the Qurʾān.

He was commonly known as Ibn Barrijān, a shortened form of Abī al-Rajjāl.

He learned the Qurʾānic readings from a number of teachers and studied Arabic with Abū Isḥāq ibn Mulkūn.

Al-Abbār (1) said: “He was the best-versed person of his time in the Arabic language, and everyone acknowledged that distinction. He was trustworthy and truthful; he wrote a refutation of Ibn Sayyidah, and he was righteous and wholly devoted to his own concerns.”

He died in 627 AH ﵀.

205 – The Lord of Irbil, Kūkbūrī ibn ʿAlī al-Turkmānī **

The God-fearing sultan, the exalted king, Muẓaffar al-Dīn Abū Saʿīd Kūkbūrī ibn ʿAlī ibn Baktakīn ibn Muḥammad al-Turkmānī, lord of Irbil and son of its former ruler and founder, King Zayn al-Dīn ʿAlī Kūjak.

“Kūjak” means “slender of build.” Kūjak himself was chivalrous, courageous, and awe-inspiring; he took control of many lands and then bestowed them upon the sons of the lord of