(1) K reads “yuqabal,” with a fatḥa on the b, whereas we adopt the reading of D. Al-Qari, in his Sharh Sharh al-Nukhba (p. 629), says the word should be pronounced with a kasra on the b. (2) L has “bi-muqabala,” while a copy with a marginal note gives “yuqabalah.” (3) B, H, and Ḥ read “li-nuzul.” In the margin of A, in the author’s own hand, appears: “thumma balagha kadhalika.” See al-Hakim, Maʿrifat ʿUlum al-Hadith, 12; and Ibn al-Salah, Muqaddima, 263. (4) W reads “mithla” in the accusative; the text we follow is that of J and Ḥ. (5) Ṭ reads “wa-l-liqaʾ,” L “aw al-luqi,” and a copy with a marginal note “aw fi al-luqi.” (6) H and W have “wa-l-akhdh” in place of “wa-huwa al-akhdh.” (7) M reads “rawihi” (its transmitter). (8) A has “rawa” (he narrated). (9) Al-Khatib mentions the work in Tarikh Baghdad 6/121 and al-ʿIraqi in al-Taqyid wa-l-Idah 1/334; Ibn Khayr notes that it comprises ten fascicles. See Ibn Khayr al-Ishbili, Fihrasa, p. 186.