and on its practitioners, lavishing vast sums. People flocked to hear the traditions he transmitted, and a public dictation session was convened for him in Nishapur. He travelled widely, taking hadith from scholars in both East and West; among his teachers were Ibn Jarīr ⦗1⦘ and Ibn Abī Ḥātim. Large numbers of leading traditionists—among them Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Aṣamm and his peers—attended his gatherings. He died this year at the age of sixty-seven.
Saʿīd ⦗2⦘ ibn al-Qāsim ibn al-ʿAlāʾ ⦗3⦘ ibn Khālid, Abū ʿAmr ⦗4⦘ al-Baradhʿī ⦗5⦘, was one of the ḥuffāẓ; al-Dāraqutnī and others narrated from him.
Muḥammad ⦗6⦘ ibn al-Ḥasan ⦗7⦘ ibn Kawthar ⦗8⦘ ibn ʿAlī ⦗9⦘—Abū Baḥr, al-Barbahārī ⦗10⦘—narrated from Ibrāhīm al-Ḥarbī, Tammām ⦗11⦘, al-Bāghandī, al-Kudaymī, and others ⦗12⦘. From him transmitted Ibn Rizqawayh and Abū Nuʿaym, and al-Dāraqutnī made a selective compilation of his material, saying, “Confine yourselves to what I have extracted from him, for the sound parts of his audition have become mixed with the unsound.” More than one of the ḥuffāẓ of his era spoke against him because of his confusion and heedlessness, and some even accused him of fabrication ⦗13⦘.
(1) I have not found anyone besides Ibn Kathir who reports hearing from Ibn Jarir; if this were authentic, he would have had to hear him at age five, since al-Muzakki was born in 305 AH and Ibn Jarir died in 310 AH.
(2) In manuscript H it reads “Sa’d,” which is a scribal error; the reading in manuscript B is correct.
(3) See Akhbar Isfahan (vol. 1, p. 330); Tarikh Baghdad (vol. 9, pp. 110–111); al-Ansab (vol. 2, p. 143); al-Muntaẓam (vol. 7, p. 62); Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala’ (vol. 16, pp. 72–73); Tadhkirat al-Huffaz (vol. 3, pp. 936–937); Tabaqat al-Huffaz (p. 378); Shadharāt al-Dhahab (vol. 3, p. 41).
(4) In al-Muntaẓam it reads “Abu Umar,” which is a scribal error.
(5) This nisba refers to Baradha, a town at the farthest edge of Azerbaijan; omitting the letter dāl is also possible. See al-Ansab (vol. 2, p. 143).
(6) The biography of Muhammad ibn al-Hasan is omitted in manuscript B.
(7) In al-Muntaẓam (vol. 7, p. 63) it reads “ibn Abi al-Hasan,” with the addition of “Abi,” which is erroneous.
(8) In manuscript H it reads “Karez,” which is a scribal error; the correct reading appears in Tarikh Baghdad (vol. 2, p. 209) and the other sources.
(9) See Tarikh Baghdad (vol. 2, pp. 209–211); al-Ansab (vol. 2, pp. 125–127); al-Muntaẓam (vol. 7, pp. 63–64); al-Lubab (vol. 1, p. 133); Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala’ (vol. 16, pp. 141–143); al-Ibar (vol. 2, pp. 327–328); Mizan al-I‘tidal (vol. 3, p. 519); al-Wafi bil-Wafayat (vol. 2, p. 338); Lisan al-Mizan (vol. 5, pp. 131–132); Shadharāt al-Dhahab (vol. 3, p. 41).
(10) This nisba refers to barbahar, the medicinal aromatics imported from India; a trader in them is called a barbahari. See al-Ansab (vol. 2, p. 125) and al-Lubab (vol. 1, p. 107).
(11) In manuscript T, between two diacritical marks it reads “tamam,” which is a scribal error; the correct reading is confirmed by Tarikh Baghdad (vol. 2, p. 209) and al-Muntaẓam (vol. 7, p. 63). See also Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala’ (vol. 13, pp. 390–391).
(12) In manuscript T, between two diacritical marks.
(13) In manuscript H, the biography of Qadi Abu Ali al-Marwazi is erroneously inserted among the obituaries for this year. It reads: “The Qadi al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad, Abu Ali al-Marwazi, one of the foremost scholars of the madhhab in his time and author of the well-known ‘Ta’liqah.’ He studied under Abu Bakr al-Qaffal al-Marwazi, from whom al-Baghawi—author of Tahdhib, Tafsir, and Sharh al-Sunnah—among others took knowledge.”