Abū (1) al-Gharāt Fāris al-Dīn Ṭalāʾiʿ ibn Ruzzayq, whom the poets extolled.

In the same year: King Nūr al-Dīn came from Aleppo to Damascus after recovering from illness, and the Muslims rejoiced at his arrival. He set out to fight the Franks, but his army was routed and he remained with only a small band of companions directly facing the enemy (2), who loosed a great many arrows at them. The Franks (3) then feared that his holding his ground with so few men was a ruse meant to draw (4) an ambush upon them, so they fled in disorder—praise be to Allah.

That year the pilgrimage (5) was led (6) by Qaymaz al-Arjuwānī.

Among the notable people who died that year were:

ʿAbd al-Awwal ibn ʿĪsā ibn Shuʿayb ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Isḥāq, Abū al-Waqt al-Sijzī, the Sufi from Herat (7): the transmitter of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, the Musnad of al-Dārimī, and the selected portions of the Musnad of ʿAbd ibn Ḥumayd. He came to Baghdad, where people heard these works from him. He was among the finest shaykhs, exemplary in demeanor (8), and notably patient in the recitation of hadith.

Ibn al-Jawzī said: “Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Takrītī, the Sufi, told me, ‘I supported him during his illness and he died in my arms. The last words he uttered (9) were: “Would that my people knew how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honored!” (Yā-Sīn 26–27).’ He was buried in the Shunīziyya cemetery.”

Naṣr ibn Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Khāliq al-ʿAṭṭār, Abū al-Qāsim al-Ḥarrānī (10): a man of great wealth, he spent generously in charity on many commendable acts of devotion. He recited the Quran frequently, was steadfast in performing the congregational prayers (11), was granted righteous dreams, and lived to nearly eighty years of age.