He had listened to a great many narrations, transmitted them, and was counted among the virtuous men of letters. He enjoyed high standing with al-Badr Luʾluʾ (1), lord of Mosul, and likewise held favor with the ruler of Sinjar, where he passed away on the night of Friday, the twelfth of Rabiʿ al-Akhir, having surpassed seventy years of age.
Among his verses:
[from al-Kāmil]
The raven croaked, and by its croak informed us
that the beloved was drawing near the hour of his eclipse.
O you who ask about the sweetness of my life after their departure,
first grant me life, then ask about its sweetness!
Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAntar al-Sulamī (2) of Damascus, its muhtasib, one of (3) its trustworthy witnesses and prominent figures, owner of property and endowments there (4), died in Cairo and was buried in al-Muqaṭṭam.
ʿIlm al-Dīn Abū [Muḥammad] al-Qāsim ibn Aḥmad (5) ibn al-Muwaffaq ibn Jaʿfar al-Mursī al-Lawraqī, the philologist, grammarian, and Qurʾān reciter, produced a concise commentary on al-Shāṭibiyyah, a multi-volume commentary on al-Mufaṣṣal, and a commentary on al-Jazūliyyah after meeting its author and questioning him on several points. He mastered many disciplines (6), was handsome in stature and face, of dignified bearing, neat attire, and striking beauty. He had studied under al-Kindī (7) and others.
Shaykh Abū Bakr al-Dīnawarī (8), builder of the zāwiyah in al-Ṣāliḥiyyah, gathered there a circle of disciples who remembered Allah with pleasant, melodious voices. (May Allah have mercy on him.)
The birth of Shaykh Taqī al-Dīn Ibn Taymiyyah, Shaykh al-Islām (9). Shaykh Shams al-Dīn al-Dhahabī (10) said: “And in this year—”