right down to Abū Isḥāq al-Marwazī (1). He was born on the very day al-Muzanī died (2). A deep diver into meanings and a meticulous verifier (3), he passed away in 345 AH, while another report gives 344 AH (4).

I add: He performed the pilgrimage, fell ill on the return journey, and death overtook him at Bir wa-l-Jummayzah on Tuesday, with four days of Muḥarram remaining in 344 AH—the very day the caravan entered Egypt. He lived for seventy-nine years and some months, and was buried on Wednesday beside his mother’s grave. Al-Musabbiḥī recorded these dates.

257 – al-Mādarāʾī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad *

The eminent vizier Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Rustum al-Baghdādī, known as al-Mādarāʾī (5). He served as vizier to the ruler of Egypt, Khumārawayh (6), while his father had been the overseer of Egypt’s land-tax revenues.