Abū al-ʿIzz Musharraf⦗1⦘ ibn ʿAlī⦗2⦘ ibn Abī Jaʿfar ibn Kāmil al-Khāliṣī, the blind Qur’an-reciter and Shāfiʿī jurist⦗3⦘, completed his legal training at the Nizāmiyya, heard ḥadīth and transmitted them. He quoted, from al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAmr al-Ḥalabī, these verses:

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You came before my mind while the dwellings lay far away,
so it seemed to me that my heart had become your abode;⦗4⦘
Across the distance my heart conversed with you—
your words grew lonely, yet your meaning kept me company.

Abū Sulaymān Dāʾūd ibn Ibrāhīm⦗5⦘ ibn Bandār⦗6⦘ al-Jīlī was one of the assistant lecturers at the Nizāmiyya, and among his poetry are these lines:

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O hoarder, rein yourself in and slow your pace,
for the mounts of time are apt to stumble and fall short;
You will knock your teeth or bite your hands in regret
when time betrays you and your eyes are opened.⦗7⦘
Right guidance will come to admonish you after your wandering,⦗8⦘
but it will reach you only once the affair has slipped away.

Abū al-Muẓaffar ʿAbd al-Wudūd ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Mubārak⦗9⦘ ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Mubārak ibn al-Ḥasan, of Wāsiṭī origin yet born and raised in Baghdad, was the son of Kamāl al-Dīn, known as al-Mujīr⦗10⦘. He studied jurisprudence under his father, read with him the science of kalām, and lectured at his father’s madrasa⦗11⦘ by Bāb al-Azj. Caliph al-Nāṣir appointed him to high office, and he became renowned for piety and trustworthiness. He held several senior posts, made the pilgrimage many times, and was humble with fine manners. He used to say:

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