The Chief Justice, Majd al-Din (1) ʿAbd al-Rahman, son of Kamal al-Din (2) ʿUmar ibn Ahmad ibn al-ʿAdim, originally of Aleppo and later of Damascus, a Hanafi jurist (3). He assumed the Hanafi judiciary in Damascus after Ibn ʿAṭāʾ (4). A leader, the son of a leader, he was benevolent and noble in character (5). He had also been appointed preacher of the Great Mosque of Cairo, the first Hanafi ever to hold that pulpit. He died (6) in his jawsuq (private residence) in Damascus in Rabiʿ al-Akhir (7) of this very year, and was buried in the tomb he had built beside the Hariri zawiyah on the southern rise, west of al-Zaytun.
The Vizier Ibn al-Hinnā (8), ʿAli ibn Muhammad ibn Salim (9) ibn ʿAbd Allah, the sahib Bahaʾ al-Din Abu al-Hasan ibn al-Hinnā, an Egyptian statesman. He served as vizier to King al-Ẓāhir and to his son al-Saʿid (10) until he died on the last day of Dhu al-Qaʿdah. An exceedingly earnest man, he possessed sound judgment, resolve, and astute management; under the Ẓāhirid regime no affair was carried out except by his counsel and command. His generosity encompassed the emirs and others alike, and poets lavished praise upon him. His son Taj al-Din served as vizier of finance, but was later subjected to confiscation during the Saʿidian administration.
Shaykh Majd al-Din (11) Ibn al-Zahir, the philologist (12) Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn ʿUmar ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Shakir, Majd al-Din, Abu ʿAbd Allah, al-Irbili al-Hanafi, known as Ibn al-Zahir.
(1) Biography of Ibn al-‘Adim in Miraat al-Zaman (vol. 3, p. 306); Tarikh al-Islam (vol. 15, p. 341); al-Ishara (p. 369); al-‘Ibar (vol. 5, p. 315); al-I‘lam bi-Wafayat al-A‘lam (p. 282); al-Wafi (vol. 18, p. 201); al-Jawahir al-Mudiya (vol. 2, p. 386); al-Nujum al-Zahira (vol. 7, pp. 81, 282, 285); al-Dalil al-Shafi (vol. 1, p. 403); al-Daris (vol. 2, p. 259); Husn al-Muhadara (vol. 1, p. 466); al-Tabaqat al-Sunniyya (vol. 4, pp. 493, 494); Shudhurat al-Dhahab (vol. 7, p. 624).
(2) Manuscript ṭ reads “Jamal al-Din,” which is incorrect. His biography appeared above under the obituaries for the year 660.
(3) Manuscript a reads thumma al-Hanafi (“then al-Hanafi”).
(4) Ibn ‘Ata’ is ‘Abdallah ibn Muhammad; his biography appears above under the obituaries for the year 673 in this section.
(5) Manuscript a reads lahu karam akhlaq (“he possessed noble character”).
(6) Manuscript b reads Bahrata sittah fi Rabi‘ al-Awwal (“he died on the 6th of Rabi‘ I”).
(7) Manuscript b reads wakat wafatuhu (“and his death was recorded”).
(8) Biography of Ibn Hanna in Miraat al-Zaman (vol. 3, pp. 384–386); Tarikh al-Islam (vol. 15, p. 344); al-Ishara (p. 369); al-‘Ibar (vol. 5, pp. 315–316); al-Wafi (vol. 21, p. 30); Fawat al-Wafayat (vol. 3, p. 76); al-Nujum al-Zahira (vol. 7, p. 285); al-Dalil al-Thani (vol. 7, p. 496); Husn al-Muhadara (vol. 2, p. 216); Shudhurat al-Dhahab (vol. 7, pp. 624–625).
(9) Manuscript a reads Sulayman; this is a scribal error, which al-Dhahabi corrected in his own hand by marking a fatḥa on the sin and kasra on the lam.
(10) Manuscript b reads wazara lil-malik al-Zahir thumma li-waladih (“he was appointed secretary to al-Malik al-Zahir, then to his son”).
(11) Manuscript ṭ reads Muhammad.
(12) Biography of Ibn al-Zuhayr in Miraat al-Zaman (vol. 3, pp. 386–405); Tarikh al-Islam (vol. 15, p. 345); al-Ishara (p. 368); al-‘Ibar (vol. 5, p. 316); al-I‘lam bi-Wafayat al-A‘lam (p. 282); al-Jawahir al-Mudiya (vol. 3, pp. 52–54); al-Nujum al-Zahira (vol. 7, pp. 283–285); al-Dalil al-Shafi (vol. 2, p. 587); Bughyat al-Wuaata (vol. 1, p. 37); Shudhurat al-Dhahab (vol. 7, p. 626).