(1) MS K mistakenly reads “wa-ajmaʿa.” (2) The person meant is Abu Ubayd Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad al-Harawi (d. 401 AH/1010 CE); see Ibn al-Salah, Tabaqat al-Fuqahaʾ al-Shafiʿiyya 1:402; Siyar Aʿlam al-Nubalaʾ 17:146. His book is entitled al-Gharibayn fi al-Quran wa-l-Hadith and is in print. (3) MS J omits the word “Abu.” (4) The reference is to Abu Musa Muhammad b. Abi Bakr ʿUmar al-Madini al-Asbahani al-Shafiʿi (d. 581 AH/1185 CE); see Abu Shama, al-Rawdatayn fi Akhbar al-Dawlatayn 3:249; Siyar Aʿlam al-Nubalaʾ 21:152. (5) Al-Laqani states in Qadaʾ al-Watar, p. 1154: “fa-naqqaba ʿalayhi means he looked for slips or omissions; istadraka is an explanatory apposition.” (6) MS H has “wa-istadrakahu.” The book of al-Hafiz Abu Musa al-Madini is al-Majmuʿ al-Mughith fi Gharibay al-Quran wa-l-Hadith, now available in print. (7) This is Abu al-Qasim Mahmud b. ʿUmar b. Muhammad al-Zamakhshari (d. 538 AH/1144 CE); see al-Ansab 6:315; Siyar Aʿlam al-Nubalaʾ 20:151. (8) MS A reads “kitaban.” (9) His work is titled al-Faʾiq fi Gharib al-Hadith and is in print. (10) MS B omits the word “thumma” (then). (11) This is Abu al-Saʿadat Majd al-Din al-Mubarak b. Muhammad b. Muhammad Ibn al-Athir (d. 606 AH/1209 CE); see Ibn Nuqta, Ikmal al-Ikmal 1:123; Siyar Aʿlam al-Nubalaʾ 21:488. (12) His book is al-Nihaya fi Gharib al-Hadith wa-l-Athar, now in print. (13) MS A has “iʿdad.” The term al-iʿawaz denotes poverty; see al-Sihah 3:888. Al-Qari observes in Sharh Sharh al-Nukhba, p. 504, that this means “with a few places where full coverage is lacking.”