In this same year Rukn al-Dawlah seized the lands of Tabaristan and Gurgan, wresting them from Washmakir, the brother of Mardawij, the Daylamite king. Washmakir therefore went to Khurasan to seek aid from its ruler.
[Among the notable figures who died in that year]
Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Munadi (1)
Ahmad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad ibn ʿUbayd Allah ibn Yazid, known as Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Munadi, heard hadith from his grandfather, from ʿAbbas al-Duri, and from Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Saghani. He was reliable, trustworthy, an authoritative proof, and truthful. He composed many works and gathered an immense array of knowledge, yet people heard only a small part of it because of his irascible temperament. The last person to narrate from him was Muhammad ibn Faris al-Ghuri (2).
Ibn al-Jawzi transmits from Abu Yusuf al-Qazwini, who said: “Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Munadi authored four hundred and a little over forty works on Quranic sciences. His speech contains no superfluity; rather, it is pure language. He combined both transmission (riwayah) and critical understanding (dirayah) (3).”
Ibn al-Jawzi also said: “Whoever examines his writings will recognize his merit and erudition and will come upon benefits not found in other books” (4).
He died in Muharram of this year at the age of eighty.
Al-Ṣūlī (5)
Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn al-ʿAbbas ibn Muhammad ibn Ṣūl, Abu Bakr al-Ṣūlī, was one of the scholars proficient in the various branches of literature. He possessed excellent knowledge of the chronicles of kings and the days of the caliphs, the exploits of the nobility, and the classes of poets.