Abu Bakr al-Qabbāb said, “I heard Abū al-Ḥasan Ibn Shanabūdh say—I heard Bakr ibn Sahl al-Dimyāṭī say: ‘On Friday I set out early—meaning before sunrise—and I managed to read eight complete recitations (khatmāt) before the ʿAṣr prayer.’(1)
Yahyā ibn Mandah related this in his History.

211 – al-Ḥusayn ibn Fahm Abū ʿAlī al-Baghdādī
He was the ḥāfiẓ, the erudite scholar, genealogist, and historian, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Fahm ibn Muḥriz al-Baghdādī.

He transmitted ḥadith from Muḥammad ibn Sallām al-Jumaḥī, Khalf Hishām, Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn, Muḥammad ibn Saʿd the secretary—whom he closely attended and from whom he related abundantly—Muḥriz ibn ʿAwn, Muṣʿab ibn ʿAbd Allāh, Zuhayr ibn Ḥarb, and others of their rank.

He gathered material and authored works.

Those who narrated from him include Aḥmad ibn Maʿrūf al-Khasshāb, Aḥmad ibn Kāmil, Ismāʿīl al-Khaṭībī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ṭūmārī, and a number of others.

He kept company with scholars and would review knowledge with them, but he was stringent when it came to granting permission to narrate.

Al-Dāraquṭnī said, “He is not strong.”

Al-Khaṭībī stated: he was born in 211 AH, and he died in Rajab of 289 AH.