and al-Mansūkh, as well as his Commentary on the Verses of Sībawayh—the like of which had never been composed—together with commentaries on the Muʿallaqāt and the Ten Dīvāns, among other works. He also transmitted hadith from Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Nasāʾī. Although exceedingly miserly, people derived great benefit from him. May Allah have mercy on him.

In the same year the following passed away:

The caliph al-Mustakfī bi-Allāh (1), ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī al-Muktafī bi-Allāh. He had held the caliphate for one year, four months, and two days, after which he was deposed and his eyes were put out, as mentioned earlier (2). He died this year while under house arrest, at the age of forty-six years and two months.

ʿAlī ibn Ḥamshādh (3) ibn Sakhtawiyyah (4) ibn Naṣr, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Muʿaddal—the foremost hadith scholar of his age in Nishapur. He travelled widely, heard a vast number of traditions, taught, and compiled a Musnad in four hundred fascicles, in addition to other works, all marked by meticulous accuracy, prodigious memory, abundant worship, upright conduct, and reverent fear of Allah—exalted is He.

Someone said of him (5): “I accompanied him in travel and at home, and I do not know that the angels ever recorded a single sin against him” (6).

He also produced a tafsīr in slightly more than two hundred fascicles. He entered the public bath in perfect health and died there suddenly on Friday, the fourteenth of Shawwāl of this year. May Allah have mercy on him.

ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan (7), Abū al-Ḥasan, the Baghdadi preacher. He later journeyed to Egypt, residing there until he became known as al-Miṣrī, then returned to Baghdad after hearing a great amount of hadith. Al-Dāraqutnī and others narrated from him. He held a preaching session attended by both men and women, delivering his discourse while veiled so that the women would not see his handsomeness. Abū Bakr al-Naqqāsh (8) once attended his gathering in disguise; when he heard his words he leapt up, revealed himself, and declared to him: “After you, storytelling is forbidden.”