—that is, an offshoot of Sibawayh’s Kitāb. He was a jurist of distinction, an accomplished grammarian, outstanding in his craft, deeply versed in Arabic and a guardian of its purity; he was devout, scrupulously pious, of commendable doctrine and sound belief, and he also transmitted hadith. All of this is stated by Ibn Khallikān (1). Al-Mubarrad (2) narrated from him, and Abū Nuʿaym mentions him in The History of Isfahān (3).

[Then came the year 226 AH.]
In Shaʿbān of that year al-Afshīn died in prison. Al-Muʿtaṣim ordered that he be crucified; afterwards his body was burned and his ashes were scattered into the Tigris. His wealth and possessions were seized, and among them (4) were found idols overlaid with gold and jewels, books on the Magian religion, and many other items that had aroused suspicion and now confirmed what was said about his adherence to the faith of his Magian forefathers—may Allah curse them.

In the same year there also died:
Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn.

The pilgrimage was led by Muḥammad ibn Dāwūd.

Among the leading hadith scholars who passed away this year were:
Isḥāq al-Farwī (5),
Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Uways (6),
and Sunayd ibn Dāwūd, the author of a tafsīr (7).