He was born on the eleventh of Shawwal 645 AH in al-Karak. He listened to hadith and, in turn, transmitted them to others. Highly placed and greatly respected in the administration—both during the lifetime of his brother Sharaf al-Din and afterward—he served as Secretary of State (kātib al-sirr) in Syria and in Egypt. He died in Egypt on the night of Wednesday, the ninth of Ramadan, and was buried the following day in the Qarafa cemetery. After his death the office was assumed by his son, Judge (1) ʿAlāʾ al-Din, the youngest of his three sons who had been nominated for this position.

Shaykh, Imām, and distinguished scholar Ibn al-Kattānī
Zayn al-Din Ibn al-Kattānī, the leading Shāfiʿī authority in Egypt, was Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar (2) ibn Abī al-Ḥaram (3) ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yūnus, originally from Damascus. He was born in Cairo around 653 AH. After beginning his studies in Damascus he travelled to Egypt, settled there, and served in several judicial posts in al-Ḥakar. He later deputised for Shaykh Taqī al-Din Ibn Daqīq al-ʿĪd, and his conduct was praised. He lectured in major madrasas and was appointed to head the Dār al-Ḥadīth at the Qubba al-Manṣūriyya. Gifted and accomplished, he possessed an extraordinary number of scholarly notes and observations. Yet he was ill-tempered and withdrawn from people, and he never married. Handsome and dignified, he enjoyed fine food and soft clothing. He produced many valuable additions, unique notes, and supplements to al-Rawḍa and other works. He also displayed a certain disdain toward some scholars—may Allah pardon him. He died on Tuesday, the middle of Ramadan, and was buried in the Qarafa cemetery (may Allah have mercy on him). That concludes his notice.

Shaykh, Imām, and distinguished scholar Ibn al-Qawbaʿ
Rukn al-Din Ibn al-Qawbaʿ, Abū ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad (4) ibn Muḥammad ibn (5) ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd al-Jalīl al-Qurashī (6) al-Jaʿfarī (7) al-Tūnisī, a Mālikī jurist known as Ibn al-Qawbaʿ (8), was among the outstanding men of learning and leaders of the intelligentsia, someone who combined many disciplines and possessed a vast store of noble religious sciences (9). He taught at the Mankūtamuriyya (10) and held an official post at the Manṣūrī hospital.