110 – al-Sūrīnī, Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Naṣr *
The Imām, ḥāfiẓ, and eminent scholar—the hadith master of Nishapur—Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Naṣr al-Khurasānī, al-Muṭṭawwiʿī, the warrior.
He heard from Ibn al-Mubārak, Jarīr ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd, Abū Bakr ibn ʿAyyāsh, and others of their rank.
He was one of Ishāq’s companions (1), yet we have placed him earlier because he died first.
Among those who narrated from him were Abū Zurʿah, Abū Ḥātim, Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf, and others.
He compiled a Musnad, and Abū Zurʿah used to give him precedence and hold him in great esteem (2).
He was martyred in the campaign against Bābak al-Khurramī (3) in 213 AH; some say 210 AH, while he was still in his middle years (4).
111 – Bakkār ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Baṣrī *
The son of the Imām Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn al-Baṣrī, al-Sīrīnī.
(*) Al-Jarh wa al-Taʿdil 2/141-142; Al-Ansab 7/186; Muʿjam al-Buldan 3/279; Al-Lubab 2/153—each of these sources records the nisba as “al-Suryani.” Al-Samʿani comments: “This nisba goes back to Suryan, which I presume to be a village near Nishapur.” See also Tadhkirat al-Huffaz 1/414-415 and Tabaqat al-Huffaz, p. 180.
(1) The person meant is Ishaq b. Rahwayh; his biography will be presented in volume XI of this work.
(2) See Tadhkirat al-Huffaz 1/414-415 and Tabaqat al-Huffaz, p. 180.
(3) For the discussion of Babak al-Khurrami, refer to pp. 293-297 of the present volume.
(4) The author adds in Tadhkirat al-Huffaz 1/414: “so his hadith did not circulate.”
(**) Al-Tarikh al-Kabir 2/122; Al-Duʿafaʾ by al-ʿUqayli, fol. 55; Al-Jarh wa al-Taʿdil 2/409-410; Al-Majruhin by Ibn Hibban 1/197, where he is listed as Bakkar b. ʿAbd Allah b. Muhammad b. Sirin (omitting the name of his father); Al-Kamil by Ibn ʿAdi, fol. 1/78; Mizan al-Iʿtidal 1/341-342; Al-Mughni fi al-Duʿafaʾ 1/111; Al-ʿIbar 1/390; Lisan al-Mizan 2/44-45; Shadharat al-Dhahab 2/53.