ʿAbd Allah ibn Ibrahim (1) ibn Ayyub ibn Māsi, Abū Muhammad al-Bazzār, transmitted a vast number of hadiths. He lived to the age of ninety-five and was a thoroughly reliable authority. He passed away in the month of Rajab this year.

Muhammad ibn Ṣāliḥ (2) ibn ʿAlī ibn Yaḥyā, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Hāshimī, the judge of Baghdad, known as Ibn Umm Shībān, was a learned and virtuous scholar who left behind several works. He had previously held the judiciary of Baghdad and was noted for his excellent conduct. He died in the present year, having exceeded seventy and nearly reached eighty—may Allah have mercy on him and on us through His favor.

[Then the year 370 AH began]

In this year al-Ṣāḥib ibn ʿAbbād arrived, sent by Muʾayyad al-Dawla to his brother ʿAḍud al-Dawla. ʿAḍud al-Dawla went out to meet him outside the city, honored him, instructed the officials to respect him, bestowed robes of honor upon him, enlarged his fief, and sent back with him very many gifts.

In Jumādā al-Ākhira of the same year ʿAḍud al-Dawla returned to Baghdad. The caliph al-Ṭāʾiʿ came out to receive him; pavilions were pitched for him, and the markets were decorated.

During this month the caliph consummated his marriage with the daughter of ʿAḍud al-Dawla, and an immense trousseau accompanied her.

In this month as well (3) gifts arrived from the ruler of Yemen to ʿAḍud al-Dawla; they included many fine items. The khuṭba in the two Holy Sanctuaries this year was pronounced in the name of the ruler of Egypt, al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Muʿizz al-Fāṭimī.

Among the notable figures who died this year was Ahmad ibn ʿAlī (4), Abū Bakr, the Ḥanafī jurist of Rayy—one of the leading scholars of raʾy, author of several beneficial works, including the book Ahkām al-Qurʾān. A student of Abū al-Ḥasan al-Karkhī, he was devout, ascetic, and God-fearing; the leadership of the Ḥanafī school in his time devolved upon him,