and others. After him the office of shaykh of the Dār al-Ḥadīth (1) al-Nūriyya passed to Shaykh Tāj al-Dīn al-Fazārī (2). Shaykh Zayn al-Dīn was of fine character, cheerful in spirit, and much given to light-hearted banter in the fashion of the hadith scholars. He travelled (3) to Baghdad, applied himself to study there, and heard hadith. He was a man of virtue, righteousness, and devoted worship. His funeral was thronged (4), and he was buried in the Bāb al-Ṣaghīr cemetery—may Allah have mercy on him.

Shaykh Abū al-Qāsim al-Ḥuwwārī (5)—that is, Abū al-Qāsim ibn Yūsuf ibn Abī al-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Salām al-Umawī (6), the renowned shaykh who maintained the zawiya at Ḥuwwāra (7)—died in his own town. He was upright and righteous, with followers and companions who loved him. Many murids from the villages of Ḥaurān al-Jabal and al-Bathaniyya (8) were attached to him. They are Hanbalis who do not approve of striking the tambourine but clap with the hands instead; they are better than others.

Qadi Badr al-Dīn al-Kurdi al-Sinjari (9), who had on several occasions served as judge in Egypt, passed away in Cairo (10). Abū Shāma (11) said: his practice of taking bribes from provincial judges, witnesses, and the litigants who came before him was common knowledge, yet he was generous and open-handed. His assets, and those of his family, were confiscated.

[Then came the year 664 AH.] It opened while the Abbasid caliph al-Hākim and the sultan (12) al-Malik al-Ẓāhir were in power, and Egypt still had four chief judges. In that year