Al-Mustaʿṣim used to send rare gifts from Baghdad to al-Bākharzī; among them was a Qur’an manuscript penned by Imam ʿAlī, may Allah honor his face.

Muẓaffar al-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn Saʿd, ruler of Shiraz, would send the shaykh one thousand dinars every year, and Lu’lu’, lord of Mosul, likewise forwarded presents to him.

Malika, daughter of Uzbak ibn al-Bahlawān, ruler of Azerbaijan, presented him with the very tooth of the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—that was broken on the day of Uḥud.

The shaykh dissuaded the Tatars from turning toward Iraq and continually magnified the standing of the caliph.

Among those who corresponded with him were the Sultan of India Nāṣir al-Dīn Aybak and the ruler of Sind and Multan, Ghiyāth al-Dīn Balban.

He said (1): When Möngke Qāʾān ascended the throne he sent the shaykh large sums of money, as did his vizier Burhān al-Dīn Masʿūd ibn Maḥmūd Yalawaj. The vizier was well-versed in juristic disagreements and subtle points, founded a madrasa in Kalābādh, and, although a Muʿtazilite, whenever he came to the shaykh he would kiss the threshold, remain standing until permission was granted, and say, “My father did the same—and such is his awe in the hearts of our kings that, were he to command them to kill me, they would not hesitate!”

He said: Among those who kept close company with him were Najm al-Dīn Maqīl (2) the Qur’an-reciter, Saʿd al-Dīn Sarjanbān, Rūḥ al-Dīn al-Khwārazmī, Shams al-Dīn the Elder, Muḥammad Kalāna, my brother Ṣādiq, Nāfiʿ al-Dīn Badīʿ … and he went on to list several others.

He said: The shaykh granted authorization to anyone who lived in his lifetime, and many people praised him. Among them was Saʿd al-Dīn ibn Ḥammūyah, who wrote to him these verses:
“O comfort of the eye, ask my eye if it has been adorned
with a pleasant sight since you vanished from my sight!”

He was also praised by the minister Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Juwaynī, and by his son