I say: He died a little after the year 320 AH. Through his chain I obtained Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah’s History.

84 – Jaḥẓah, Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Mūsā
The accomplished chronicler, court companion, and outstanding raconteur—Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Mūsā ibn the vizier Yaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn Barmak, the Barmakid poet of Baghdad.

He was a man of many arts, anecdotes, and refined learning. He is the author of the verses:

I am the son of a house whose open-handed grace enriched mankind;
so their renowned bounty became every donor’s tale.
No narrator’s words were ever free of lauding their beneficence,
no leaf of parchment lacked their praise. (1)

Among his other poetry:

The air grew so gentle that people said,
“This is but Jaḥẓah exchanging reproach with Time.” (2)

It was said that he was physically disfigured, and Ibn al-Rūmī quipped:

Alas for those who keep him company! They must endure pain to the eyes
for the pleasure of the ears. (3)