al-Zayn Khidr (1), the court jester of al-Malik al-Ashraf Musa ibn al-‘Adil.
Nasr the Merchant (2) — the celebrated trader (3) al-Hajj Nasr ibn Tarus (4). He was constant in performing the obligatory prayers in the congregational mosque and was counted among the affluent and charitable.
The preacher ‘Imad al-Din ibn al-Harastani (5), ‘Abd al-Karim, son of the Chief Qadi Jamal al-Din ‘Abd al-Samad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Harastani — ‘Imad al-Din, the khatib of Damascus. He served as the city’s preacher and deputized for his father in judicial matters during the Ashrafid period, succeeding Ibn al-Salah, until he died in the khatib’s residence (6) on the twenty-ninth of Jumada al-Awwal. The funeral prayer was held for him in the congregational mosque (7), and he was buried beside his father on Mount Qasyun. His funeral was large and well attended. He had exceeded eighty years by five. (8) After him the pulpit and the Ghazaliyya were entrusted to his son Muhyi (9) al-Din, and Shaykh Shihab al-Din Abu Shamah (10) subsequently assumed the directorship of Dar al-Hadith.
Muhyi al-Din (11) Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Husayn ibn Saraqah, the ḥāfiẓ and hadith scholar, the Anṣāri, al-Shāṭibi, Abu Bakr al-Maghribi.
(1) In the printed edition it reads “waladhi hadara,” which is a deplorable corruption; the reading we have established is correct. Abu Shama states in Wafayat al-Sunna: “Al-Zayn Khidr, known as al-Maskhara, died” (supplement to Dhayl al-Rawdhatayn, p.229) (Bishar edition).
(2) Biography – al-Tajir Nasr – in the supplement to Dhayl al-Rawdhatayn (p.229), in the supplement to Mirat al-Zaman (vol.2, p.314), and in Tarikh al-Islam (vol.15, p.65).
(3) In manuscripts A and B it reads as-Shahir.
(4) In manuscripts A and B it reads Burs; in Mirat al-Zaman Bardas; in the printed edition Das. All are corruptions; the correct reading is that which we have established from al-Dhahabi’s autograph.
(5) Biography – Ibn al-Harastani – in the supplement to Dhayl al-Rawdhatayn (p.229), in the supplement to Mirat al-Zaman (vol.2, pp.295–296), in Tarikh al-Islam (vol.15, p.56), in al-Ishara (p.359), in al-Ibar (vol.5, pp.268–269), in al-Nujum al-Zahira (vol.7, p.217), and in Shatharat al-Dhahab (vol.7, p.536).
(6) In manuscripts A and B it reads baddar.
(7) In manuscripts A and B it reads: “He died on the twenty-ninth of Jumada al-Awwal of this year, and the funeral prayer was held at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.”
(8) In manuscripts A and B it reads waqad tawalla.
(9) In the printed edition: Majd al-Din; in manuscripts A and B: Mujir al-Din. Both are corruptions. The account appears in al-Daris (vol.1, p.421), and the biography of his son Muhyi al-Din will be given in the entry for the year 682 of this volume, God willing.
(10) The biography of Abu Shama will appear in the entry for the year 665 of this volume, God willing.
(11) Biography – Ibn Suraqa – in the supplement to Dhayl al-Rawdhatayn; in the supplement to Mirat al-Zaman (vol.2, pp.304–307); in Tarikh al-Islam (vol.15, p.61); in al-Ibar (vol.5, p.270); in al-Ishara (p.359); in al-I'lam (p.217); in Fawat al-Wafayat (vol.3, pp.245–246); in al-Nujum al-Zahira (vol.7, pp.217–218); in Shatharat al-Dhahab (vol.7, pp.538–539); and in Nafh al-Tib (vol.2, p.63).