by his brother, an ignorant man, who did not remain in the post (1). It was then assumed by al-Kamal ibn ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad ibn Hibat Allah ibn Ṭalḥah al-Naṣībī (2), while the professorship at the Ghazāliyya School was entrusted to Shaykh [ʿIzz al-Dīn] ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd al-Salām (3).
The judge Shams al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Hibat Allah (4) ibn Muḥammad ibn Hibat Allah ibn Mamīl (5), known as Shaykh Abū Naṣr ibn al-Shīrāzī, was born in 549 AH. He heard a great many hadiths from the ḥāfiẓ Ibn ʿAsākir (6) and others, devoted himself to fiqh (jurisprudence), issued legal opinions, taught at the Shāmiyya al-Barrāniyya madrasa, and served as deputy judge for several (7) years. He was a jurist, scholar, and virtuous, intelligent man (8), of fine character, well-versed in historical reports, the memorable days of the Arabs, and their poetry, generous in nature and praiseworthy in conduct. He died on Thursday, the third of Jumāda al-Ākhira (9), and was buried on Mount Qāsiyūn—may Allah have mercy on him.
The judge Shams al-Dīn [ibn Sanī al-Dawla, Abū al-Barakāt] (10) Yaḥyā ibn Hibat Allah (11) ibn al-Ḥasan al-Dimashqī, chief judge of Damascus (12), was a learned, chaste, virtuous, just, fair-minded, and upright man. Al-Malik al-Ashraf used to say: “No one has ever held the judiciary of Damascus like him.” He had presided over the courts in his hometown of [Bayt] al-Maqdis (Jerusalem) for [a time] and served in Damascus (13) as deputy to the judges; he then assumed full judicial authority.
(1) In manuscripts A and B: “falam.”
(2) The biography of al-Nusaybi will appear in Wafayat for the year 650 AH.
(3) The biography of al-‘Izz ibn ‘Abd al-Salam will appear in Wafayat for the year 660 AH.
(4) al-Shirazi’s biography is found in Mir’at al-Zaman (vol. 8, p. 469), Takmilat al-Mundhiri (vol. 3, p. 480), Dhayl al-Rawdhatayn (p. 166), Tarikh al-Islam (vol. 14, p. 190), Siyar A’lam al-Nubala’ (vol. 23, p. 31), Tabaqat al-Subki (vol. 5, pp. 43–44), Tabaqat al-Isnawi (vol. 2, pp. 117–118), al-Nujum al-Zahira (vol. 6, p. 302), and Shudhurat al-Dhahab (vol. 7, pp. 304–305).
(5) The printed edition reads “Jamil”; manuscript B “Qamil”—both corrupt. Mumayyil (with two m’s) is the Persian form of Muhammad, and al-Mundhiri renders the name in letters as “Bishar.”
(6) al-Hafiz Ibn ‘Asakir’s biography appeared earlier, under 616 AH.
(7) Manuscript B reads “mudda.”
(8) Manuscripts A and B: “kayyisan.”
(9) Manuscripts A and B read: “He died on Thursday night, the third of Jumada.”
(10) The biography of Ibn Sunna al-Dawla is found in Mir’at al-Zaman (vol. 8, p. 475), Takmilat al-Mundhiri (vol. 3, pp. 491–492), Dhayl al-Rawdhatayn (p. 166), Siyar A’lam al-Nubala’ (vol. 23, p. 227), al-Ibar (vol. 5, p. 147), Tabaqat al-Subki (vol. 5, p. 105), al-Nujum al-Zahira (vol. 6, p. 301), and Shudhurat al-Dhahab (vol. 7, p. 310).
(11) The edition reads “Yahya ibn Barakat ibn Hibatallah,” which is incorrect; “Bishar” is likewise erroneous.
(12) The edition reads: “Its judge was Ibn Sina al-Dawla.”
(13) Recorded only in the edition.