The pilgrimage that year was led by Amīr al-Juyūsh (Commander of the Armies) (1) Naẓar al-Khādim. A rivalry broke out between him and the Emir of Mecca, and the pilgrims were plundered (2) while they were circumambulating the Kaʿbah.

Among the notable persons who died in that year were:

Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Manṣūr ibn ʿUmar, Abū al-Badr (3) al-Karkhī (4). He studied jurisprudence under Shaykh Abū Isḥāq and Abū Saʿd al-Mutawallī until he became the unrivalled jurist and pious man of his time. He died in this same year.

Saʿd (5) ibn Muḥammad (6) ibn ʿUmar, Abū Manṣūr (7) ibn al-Razzāz (8). He heard hadith, pursued legal studies with al-Ghazālī, al-Shāshī, al-Mutawallī, al-Ikhyā al-Harasī, and Asʿad al-Mīhanī, and was appointed to teach at the Niẓāmiyyah. He was distinguished by a noble bearing, dignity, and composure. His funeral was heavily attended, and he was buried beside Shaykh Abū Isḥāq.

ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad (9) ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Ḥamzah ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Zayd ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, al-Qurashī al-ʿAlawī, Abū al-Barakāt—originally of Kūfa and later of Baghdad (10). He heard a great many hadith (11) and wrote extensively. He resided in Damascus for a time and possessed sound knowledge of jurisprudence, hadith, Qurʾānic exegesis, language, and literature. He authored works on grammar. Leading an austere life, he remained patient and sought his reward from Allah. He died in Shaʿbān of this year at the age of ninety-seven, may Allah Most High have mercy on him (12).