He passed away (1) on Monday, the twenty-fourth of Rajab, at the Nāṣirī ribāṭ on Mount Qasiyun (2); he was buried at the foot of Qasiyun, opposite the Nāṣiriyya, and his funeral was attended by a vast multitude.
Chief Judge (3) Bahāʾ al-Din (4) Abū al-Faḍl (5) Yūsuf, son of Chief Judge Muḥyī al-Din Abū al-Faḍl Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz—[al-Jazarī and others add:] (6) ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abān ibn ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān—the Qurashi from Damascus known as Ibn al-Zakī, was a Shāfiʿī jurist. He was an outstanding scholar (7) and, up to the present day, the last of the Banū al-Zakī to hold judicial office (8). He was born in 640 AH (9) and studied hadith. He died (10) on the night of Monday, the eleventh of Dhu al-Ḥijjah, was buried on Mount Qasiyun, and was succeeded by Ibn al-Khuwayyī, Shihāb al-Din (11).
The shaykh Majd al-Din (12) Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh, originally from Egypt and later a Damascene Shāfiʿī, a scribe known as Ibn al-Mihtār, excelled in hadith and literature. His calligraphy was exceptionally fine. He headed the Nūriyya Dār al-Ḥadīth, heard a great many traditions, and people benefited from him and from his writings. He died on the tenth of Dhu al-Ḥijjah (13) and was buried at Bāb al-Farādis.
The poet and man of letters (14) Shihāb al-Din Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim ibn Muḥammad, known as Ibn al-Khiyāmī.
(1) In manuscript B: “And his death.”
(2) In manuscript B thereafter: “and the headship of the Maliki scholars.”
(3) Biographical entry by Ibn al-Zaki in the appendix to Mirʾat al-Zaman, vol. 4, pp. 307–312; Tarikh al-Islam, vol. 15, p. 564; al-Iʿlam, p. 286; al-Ibar, vol. 5, p. 365; al-Nujum al-Zahirah, vol. 7, p. 370; Shudhurat al-Dhahab, vol. 7, pp. 688–689.
(4) The epithet (laqab) appears only in manuscript B, the kunya only in manuscript A.
(5) In the appendix to Mirʾat al-Zaman: “Abu al-Fada’il.”
(6) In manuscript A: added by al-Jazari.
(7) In manuscript B: “He was among the eminent virtuous figures and distinguished scholars.”
(8) In manuscript B: “he assumed [office].”
(9) In manuscript B: “And his birth occurred in the year 640.”
(10) In manuscript B: “And he died.”
(11) Biographical entry on Shihab al-Din al-Khuwayy in Wafayat al-Aʿyan, obituary no. 693 in this volume.
(12) Biographical entry by Ibn al-Muhtar in the appendix to Mirʾat al-Zaman, vol. 4, p. 307; Tarikh al-Islam, vol. 15, p. 563; al-Iʿlam, p. 286; al-Ibar, vol. 5, p. 356; al-Ishara, p. 375; al-Daris, vol. 1, p. 46; Shudhurat al-Dhahab, vol. 7, pp. 687–688.
(13) In manuscript B: “He died on the 19th of Dhu al-Hijjah”; in manuscript A: “on the 10th of Dhu al-Hijjah”; while all his sources give “the 9th of Dhu al-Qaʿdah.”
(14) Biographical entry by Ibn al-Khaimi in Wafayat al-Aʿyan, vol. 2, p. 106; in the appendix to Mirʾat al-Zaman, vol. 4, pp. 300–306; Tarikh al-Islam =