(1) Copy T reads “wa-sannafa” in place of “wa-qad sannafa.” (2) The reference is to Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Ghani ibn Abu Bakr ibn Shujaʿ ibn Abu Nasr al-Baghdadi, a Hanbali hafiz (d. 629 AH/1232 CE); see Siyar Aʿlam al-Nubalaʾ 22:347. (3) Al-Taqyid li-Maʿrifat Ruwwat al-Sunan wa-l-Masanid, p. 154. The passage reads: “He authored works on the sciences of hadith unmatched before him, and every discerning person agrees that the later hadith scholars are dependent on Abu Bakr al-Khatib.” (4) Copies A and B read “baʿdahum” (“after them”). (5) Copy D vocalises the name as “ʿIyadun” with a single ḍamma; the adopted form follows A, T, and K. He is Abu l-Fadl ʿIyad ibn Musa ibn ʿIyad al-Yahsubi, the Andalusi Maliki scholar (d. 544 AH/1150 CE). See Siyar Aʿlam al-Nubalaʾ 20:212 and Azhar al-Riyad 1:23. (6) Copy K gives the title as “al-Almaʿ.” The full title is al-Ilmaʿ ila Maʿrifat Usul al-Riwaya wa Taqyid al-Samaʿ, wa Jumal min Fadaʾil ʿIlm al-Hadith wa Ahlihi, wa Nukat min Adab Hamalatihi wa Naqlihi; see Bughyat al-Multamis fi Tarikh Rijal Ahl al-Andalus, p. 437, and the Barnamaj of al-Tijibi, p. 142. The work is in print. (7) Copy H reads “al-Miyangi” (with a fatha on the mim and the yaʾ), while Z has “al-Miyaniji” (with a kasra on the nun); the accepted form follows J and M. Al-Samʿani notes in al-Ansab 12:513 that it is pronounced with a fatha on the mim and yaʾ, a fatha on the nun, and ends with a jim. The person intended is Abu Hafs ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Majid ibn ʿUmar al-Qurashi al-Mayanaji, a hafiz (d. 581 AH/1185 CE); see al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam 12:736; al-Ibar 3:83; and al-ʿIqd al-Thamin 5:356.