(1) “Many” is absent from manuscripts (B) and (A). (2) The words between square brackets are absent from manuscripts (N) and (M). (3) Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn 'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī. His biography appeared previously in vol. 1, p. 560. See also: *Wafayāt al-A'yān*, vol. 3, pp. 317–319; *Tadhkirat al-Huffāz*, vol. 1, pp. 108–113; *al-A'lām*, vol. 7, p. 317. (4) “And his deeds” is absent from manuscripts (B), (A), (N), and (M). (5) Abū Jafar al-Bāqir, Muhammad ibn Alī Zayn al-'Ābidīn ibn al-Husayn ibn Alī ibn Abī Tālib. His biography appeared previously in vol. 1, p. 507 (T [0–9]). See also: *Tabaqāt Ibn Sa'd*, vol. 5, pp. 320–324; *Tadhkirat al-Huffāz*, vol. 1, pp. 124–125; *Wafayāt al-A'yān*, vol. 3, p. 314; *Tārīkh al-Ya'qūbī* (Beirut ed.), vol. 2, pp. 320–321; *al-A'lām*, vol. 7, p. 153. Ibn Taymiyya will discuss him in detail below, vol. 2, pp. 123–124 (B). (6) Abū al-Hasan Mūsā al-Kāzim ibn Jafar al-Sādiq ibn Muhammad al-Bāqir was born in AH 128 and died in AH 183. Abū Hātim said, “He was trustworthy, truthful, and an imam among the imams of the Muslims.” Another scholar said, “He was righteous, devout, generous, forbearing, and of high standing.” See his biography in: *Wafayāt al-A'yān*, vol. 4, pp. 373–395; *al-Jarh wa-l-Ta'dīl*, vol. [0–9], part [0–9], p. [0–9]39; al-Dhahabī’s *al-'Ibar*, vol. 1, p. 287; *Tārīkh al-Ya'qūbī*, vol. 2, pp. 414–415; al-Khazrajī’s *al-Khulāsa*, p. [0–9]34; *al-A'lām*, vol. 8, p. 270. Ibn Taymiyya will discuss him below, vol. 1, pp. 124–125 (B). (7) Abū al-Hasan Alī al-Ridā ibn Mūsā al-Kāzim was born in AH 153 and died in AH 203, though AH 202 is also reported. Al-Ma'mūn gave him his daughter in marriage and appointed him as his heir apparent, but he died during al-Ma'mūn’s lifetime. See his biography in: *Wafayāt al-A'yān*, vol. 2, pp. 432–434; *Tārīkh al-Tabarī*, vol. 7, p. 150; *Tārīkh al-Ya'qūbī*, vol. 2, p. 453; al-Dhahabī’s *al-'Ibar*, vol. 1, p. 340; *al-A'lām*, vol. 5, p. 178. Ibn Taymiyya will discuss him later, vol. 2, pp. 125–126 (B