(1) In Sharh Usul al-Iʿtiqad Ahl al-Sunnah: “Jaʿd.” (2) That is, “and one hundred,” as noted above in his biography. (3) In Sharh Iʿtiqad Ahl al-Sunnah: “Jahm.” (4) In the original it appears as “al-Qushayri,” which is incorrect; the reading attested by manuscript S. In the printed edition it appears as “al-Qusayri,” a scribal misprint. (5) He was Abu al-Walīd Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam al-Umayyadī al-Dimashqī, one of the Umayyad rulers of Damascus, skilled in governance, vigilant, and opposed to bloodshed; born in Damascus in 71 AH and died in 125 AH. See: Tarikh al-Tabari, vol. 7, p. 20 ff.; al-Kāmil by Ibn al-Athir, vol. 5, p. 261 ff.; al-Bidaya wa al-Nihāya by Ibn Kathīr, vol. 9, pp. 395–399; al-Aʿlām by al-Zarkālī, vol. 9, pp. 84–85. (6) The original reads “qissatuhum” (“their story”), a reading supported by manuscripts S and T and by Sharh Iʿtiqad Ahl al-Sunnah.