297. Nur al-Din ‘Ali ibn Abi Bakr ibn Sulayman al-Haythami (d. 807/1404).

In his Majma’ al-zawa'id wa manba’ al-fawa'id, 9. An eminent scholar. 1

298. Majd al-Din Muhammad ibn Ya’qub al-Firuzabadi al-Shirazi (d. 817/1414).

In his al-Qamus al-muhit, iii, 343. One of the great lexicographers.

299. Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Hafizi al-Bukhari al-­Naqshbandi, known as Khwajah Parsa (d. 822/1419).

In his Fasl al-khitab from al-Tirmidhi, from Jabir, Hudhayfah ibn Usayd and Zayd ibn Arqam. An eminent scholar and the most eminent of the Khulafa' of Khwajah Baha' al-Din Naqshband.

300. Abu al-Abbas Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn ‘Ali al-Maqrizi (d. 845/1441).

In his Ma’rifat ma yajib li Al al-Bayt al-Nabawi (Cairo: Dar al-I’tisam, 1392, ed. by Muhammad Ahmad ‘Ashur, p. 38) from al-Tirmidhi. A great historian and traditionist. 2

301. ‘Uthman ibn Haji ibn Muhammad al-Harawi.

In his Sharh on Masabih al-Sunnah (F. 178, MS 288 in al-­Maktabat al-­Sulaymaniyyah).

302. Malik al-’Ulama' Shihab al-Din ibn Shams al-Din al-­Zawali al-Dawlatabadi (d. 849/1445).

In his Hidayat al-su’ada' (MS.) from al-Masabih al-Mashariq, Mishkat al-Anwar, al-’Umdah, al-Durar, Taj al-asami, al-Arba’in ‘an al-arba’in, Kitab al-Shifa', Nisab al-akhbar, etc., and Manaqib al-sadat. A leading scholar of his era. 3

303. Nur al-Din ‘Ali ibn Muhammad, known as Ibn al-Sabbagh al-Maliki (d. 855/1451).

In al-Fusul al-muhimmah, 23. An eminent scholar.

304. Al-Hafiz ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (d. 852/1448).

In al-Matalib al-Aliyah bi zawa'id al-masanid al-thamaniyah, iv, 65 from ‘Ali (A), where he judges its isnad to be sahih. From ‘Ali and Abu Hurayrah in his Zawa'id Musnad al-Bazzaz MS., F. 277. One of the leading scholars. 4

• 1. Al-Sakhawi, al-Daw' al-lami`, v, 200.
• 2. Al-Manhal al-Safi, i, 394 - 399; Abna' al-ghumar, ix, 170.
• 3. `Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi, Nuzhat al-khawatir, ii, 19.
• 4. Al-Daw' al-lami`, ii, 36-40.