(1) The word “al-muhaddith” (the hadith scholar) is omitted in copies W and H. (2) Copy J reads: “al-muhaddithu jahalahu” (“the hadith scholar was unaware of him”), which is an error. Al-Dhahabi mentions him under this name in Tarikh al-Islam, 12:736, and the author does likewise in al-Muʿjam al-Mufahras, p. 154 (published). (3) Copy Z has “wa-amthala” in the accusative; we follow copies J and H. The intended meaning is: “and many such examples,” with amthalu as the subject of an omitted predicate, which is the stronger reading. Others allow the accusative by ellipsis of the conjunct, as in the Qurʾanic phrase wa-alladhina tabawwaʾu al-dara wa-l-imana (“and those who had settled the city and the faith,” 59:9); i.e., “[he] collected such examples or authored that and things like it.” See al-Qari, Sharh Sharh al-Nukhba, p. 143. (4) Copy H reads “li-taysir.” (5) Copy A has “ʿAbd” with both nominative and genitive vowels; copy K has “ʿAbdu” in the nominative. We adopt the reading of D, H, and Ḥ. (6) The person meant is Abu ʿAmr ʿUthman ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman, known as Ibn al-Salah al-Shahrazuri, a Shafiʿi hafiz (d. 643 AH/1245 CE); see Ibn Khallikan, Wafayat al-Aʿyan 3:243, and Siyar Aʿlam al-Nubalaʾ 23:140. (7) Copy M shows both fath and kasr on the first consonant. Yaqut al-Hamawi states in Muʿjam al-Buldan 2:463 that the name is pronounced with kasr on the first syllable and fath on the second; this is the majority usage, though kasr is also attested. See also Taj al-ʿArus 25:305. (8) Copy Z has “wulliya” (with ḍamma on the wāw and a geminated lām); we follow copies A and K. With this vocalisation the verb means “was granted.” See Sharh Sharh al-Nukhba, p. 144.