almsgiving; he built the Rukniyyah Madrasa at the foot of Mount Qasiyun, endowed it with numerous waqf properties, and had a mausoleum constructed beside it. When he died in the village of Jarud (1), his body was conveyed there—may Allah Most High have mercy on him.

The shaykh, the imam, the scholar Radiy al-Din (2) Abū [Dāwud] Sulaymān ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn Ghanāʾim al-Jīlī, a Shafiʿi, was one of the jurists of Baghdad, serving there as a mufti and dedicating himself to the students for a long time (3). He composed a work in the school of law of roughly fifteen volumes (4) in which he recorded unusual approaches and rare opinions. Amiable and witty, he passed away—may Allah have mercy on him—on Wednesday, the third of Rabiʿ al-Awwal of this year in Baghdad (5).

Shaykh Ṭayy al-Miṣrī (6) spent a period in Greater Syria, residing in a zawiyah of his in Damascus [in the open square where chests are sold, by the house of the Banū al-Qalansī, east of Hammām Sāmah]. He was gracious (7), sharp-witted, and ascetic, and dignitaries frequented him. He was buried in the aforementioned zawiyah—may Allah Most High have mercy on him.

Shaykh ʿAbd Allah al-Armanī (8) was among the devout ascetics who roamed the lands, dwelling in deserts, mountains, and valleys. He associated with the aqtāb (spiritual poles), abdāl (substitutes), and awtād (pegs), and was renowned for his spiritual states, unveilings, rigorous disciplines, and journeys through every region. In his early days he recited the Quran and memorised Kitāb al-Qudūrī in the school of Abū Ḥanīfah; he then applied himself to practical dealings and spiritual exercises. During the final part of his life (9) he settled in Damascus, where he died and was buried at the foot of Mount Qasiyun. Upright accounts have come down concerning him.

Among them he related: “Once, while travelling, I passed by a town and my soul urged me to enter it, so I swore that I would not ask anyone there for food…”