1249 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us, my father narrated to me, Harun narrated to us, from Damrah, from Ibn Shawdhub, who said: ⦗183⦘ ʿAmir said, “I grieve over nothing I left behind in Iraq except the parching thirst of the blazing midday hours and the company of people who were meticulous in seeking out hadith.”