of the City of al-Manṣūr. He remained in that office for one year and was then removed, because al-Muwaffaq wanted him to lend out the orphans’ funds. He replied, “By Allah, not even a single grain!” So al-Muwaffaq dismissed him and sent him back to the judgeship of Kūfah (1).
He died in Rabīʿ al-Ākhir of the year 277 AH, at a little over ninety years of age.
He had a rakish brother, famed for his witty anecdotes.
114 – Kurdūs: Khalaf ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā al-Wāsiṭī * (q (2))
The imām and meticulous ḥadith scholar, Abū al-Ḥusayn Khalaf ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā al-Wāsiṭī.
He heard ḥadith from ʿAlī ibn ʿĀṣim, Yazīd ibn Hārūn, and Rūḥ.
Among those who transmitted from him are Ibn Mājah, Ibn Makhlad, Ismāʿīl al-Ṣaffār, Ibn Abī Ḥātim, Ibn al-Aʿrābī, and Khaythamah.
Al-Dāraqutnī declared him reliable.
He passed away in 274 AH.
115 – Ibn Bulbul al-Shaybānī, Abū al-Ṣaqr Ismāʿīl **
The eminent, unrivaled, literary vizier: Abū al-Ṣaqr Ismāʿīl ibn Bulbul al-Shaybānī.