ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Ḥamūya (1) al-Dāmghānī, a Ḥanafī and the Chief Judge of Baghdad.
He was born in 398 AH. He studied jurisprudence in his hometown, then came to Baghdad in 418 AH, where he studied under Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṣaymarī and Abū al-Ḥasan al-Qudūrī. He also received hadith from them, from Ibn al-Naqūr, al-Khaṭīb, and others. Gifted in fiqh, endowed with keen intelligence and exceptional humility, he eventually became the leading authority among the jurists. He was eloquent of speech and, at the outset of his studies, [wore ragged clothes]. After Ibn Mākūlā’s death he assumed both leadership and the judiciary in 449 AH. The Caliph al-Qāʾim bi-Amr Allāh honored him, and Sultan Ṭughril Beg venerated him. For thirty years he presided over the courts with exemplary conduct, honesty, and piety. After only a few days of illness he died on 24 Rajab of this year, nearing eighty years of age. He was first buried in his house in Darb al-Qalāyīn (2), and was later moved to the shrine of Abū Ḥanīfah—may Allah have mercy on him.

Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muṭṭalib (3), Abū Saʿd the littérateur.
He had mastered grammar, lexicography, adab, biography, and the chronicles of people, then abandoned all of that and devoted himself to abundant prayer, charity, and fasting until he died this year at the age of eighty-six—may Allah have mercy on him.

Muḥammad ibn Abī Ṭāhir al-ʿAbbāsī (4), known as Ibn al-Rujayḥī (5).
He studied jurisprudence under Ibn al-Ṣabbāgh, served as deputy judge, and was of commendable character. He first appeared as a witness before Ibn al-Dāmghānī, who accepted him.

Manṣūr ibn Dubays ibn ʿAlī ibn Mazīd (6), Abū Kāmil, the emir who succeeded Sayf al-Dawlah Ṣadaqah.
[He was constant in prayer and charity]. He died in Rajab of this year. A poet, a man of letters, and a person of merit, he said:

If (7) ever I fail to shoulder a mighty deed, to lead courageous men, and to endure every weighty task