The Teachers of Shihb al-Dn 'Umar al-Suhraward Author(s): A. J.

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The Teachers of Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi

By A. J.
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E are informed by Ibn al-'Imad that Shihab al-Din 'Umar b. 'Abd Allah al-Suhrawardi (d. 632/1234), the celebrated S.ufi and founder of ,the Suhrawardiya Order, "heard Traditions from a number (of scholars)", and that he wrote " a Mashyakha 2 in an attractive section (fTjuz'n latif) 3 " This Mashyakha was known to Hajji Khalifa,4 but no copy is noted by Brockelmann. Now it is always interesting to have the names of the teachers of famous men, more especially when such information rests on the authority of the celebrities themselves, and it is therefore a fortunate chance that a manuscript of Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi's essay in autobiography has actually survived.5 What is more, this unique copy is in the autograph of an eminent scholar; the colophon is signed Muhammad b. Shukr al-Shafi'i, and is dated 738/1337.6 To complete the good story, the recension mounts to the author himself, and the learned copyist has transcribed from his archetype a note of sami' with al-Suhrawardi dated 620/1223 at Baghdad.7 The author gives the names of fifteen of his teachers, together with the texts of a small number of Traditions heard by him from each; each Tradition is furnished with a full isndd; and in some instances the dates of the teacher's birth and death are provided. The list begins with Shihab al-Din's uncle, Diya' al-Din 'Abd al-Qahir b. 'Abd Allah al-Suhrawardi, himself a well-known Sufi scholar (d. 562/1168, see Brockelmann I 436, Suppl. I 780); significantly enough no mention is made of 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (d. 561/1167) who is commonly reported to have initiated al-Suhrawardiinto Suffism.In the following analysis the names of al-Suhrawardi's teachers are given as they occur in the manuscript, followed by the texts of the Traditions, together with some specimens of isndd. I. Diya' al-Din Abu '1-Najib 'Abd al-Qahir b. 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah called (al-ma'ruf bi-) 'Amfya b. Sa'd b. al-Husain b. al-Qasim b. Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Bakr al-Qasim
1 Shadharat al-dhahab V 153; Ibn al-'Imad names the Tabaqdt [al-Shafi'zya] of Ibn [Qd.i] Shuhba (d. 851/1448, see Brockelmann II 50, Suppl. II 51) as his authority. 2 For other compilations having this title see Brockelmann, index to G.A.L. and Suppl.; Hajjji Khalifa, Kashf al-zunun (Turkish edition) II 1696-7. 8 The term juz' is commonly used to indicate a small collection, particularly but not exclusively of Traditions; it does not necessarily imply extraction from a larger work. 4 Kashf al-;unun II 1697 (Turkish edition). 6 In MS. Arab. 495 (foll. 84-94) of Mr. Chester Beatty's collection. 6 Muhammad b. Shukr al-Dairi al-Shafi'i al-Nasikh al-Dimashqi, a well-known calligrapher, died in Dhu'l-Hijja 753/January 1353; see Ibn Hajar, al-Durar al-kamina, iii, 456. 7 Fol. 94b, see also fol. 84b; the full transmission of the text is detailed at the end of this artiole.

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b. Muhammad b. Abi Bakr al-Siddiq (b. about (taqdira")490, d. night of Saturday 18 Jumada II 563).
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This is stated to have been the first Tradition heard by Shihab al-Din from his uncle; it was the first Tradition heard by his uncle from Abu 'l-Qasim Zahir b. Tahir al-Shahham,1 whose first it was from Abu Salih Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Malik al-Mu'adhdhin,2whose first it was from Abu Tahir Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Mahmish al-Ziyadi,3 whose first it was from Abi Hamid Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Bilal,4 whose first it was from 'Abd al-Rahman b. Bishr b. al-Hakam,5 whose first it was from Sufyan b. 'Uyaina,6 whose first it was from 'Amr b. Dinar,7 who received it from Abu Qabus a client of 'Abd Allah b. 'Amr b. al-'As,8 who received it from 'Abd Allah b. 'Amr, who had it from the Prophet.9

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1 Also al-Nisaburi, Musannid of Khurasan, died in Rabi' II 533/December 1138, see Shadharat IV 102. The author's object in giving these isndd is clearly to trace back the Tradition to the Prophet by as few links as possible-a favourite diversion of some Traditionists. 2 Almad b. 'Abd al-Malik b. 'All al-Nisaibri al-Hafiz, Muhaddith of Khuraisan, is stated to have received 1,000 Traditions from 1,000 different teachers, and to have travelled to Ifahan, Baghdad and Damascus; he died in Ramadan 470/April 1078 at the age of 82, leaving behind him a number of books and rough drafts, see Shadharat III 335. 3 Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Mahmish b. 'All b. Dawud b. Aiyib al-Ziyiad al-Shafi'i, Musannid of Nisibur, b. 317/929, d. 410/1019, see Shadharat III 192. 4 Amad b. Muhammad b. Yahya b. Bilil al-Nisabuiri, d. 330/942, see ShadhardtII 325. 5 Abi Muhammad 'Abd al-Rahman b. Bishr b. al-Hakam b. Habib al-'Abdi al-Nisaburi, d. 260/874, see al-Khatib, Ta'rikh Baghdad X 271-2. 6 Abu Muhlammad Sufyin b. 'Uyaina b. Abi 'Amran, b. 107/725, d. 198/814, see Ta'rfkh Baghdad IX 174-84. 7Abu Muhammad 'Amr b. Dinar al-Jumahi, d. 126/744 at age of 80, see ShadharatI 171. 8 'Abd Allah b. 'Amr b. al-'As al-Sahmi, d. 65/685, see Shadharat I 73. 9 This Tradition is thus a tusa'i (having nine links in the chain of isnad), remarkable for an author writing in the 7/13th century; but al-Bukhair's editor was able to extract from his al-Jami' al-sahzi a choice selection of Traditions connected in that work (written in the first half of the 3/9th century) by only three links with the Prophet (thuldthTMyt, Brockelmann I 159, see Suppl. I 264). Quite a considerable literature of Tradition developed along this curious line; and the Chester Beatty collection contains a unique copy of a work entitled al-Sdbiq wa-'l-ld&iq, a biographical dictionary of Traditionists who died at widely different dates and yet transmitted the one from the other; the author of this remarkable and valuable work was the celebrated Abu Bakr Alhmad b. 'Ali al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d. 463/1071), writer of the Ta'rikh Baghddd. 10Muhammad b. Sa'id b. Ibrihim b. Nabhan al-Kitib al-Karkhi, Musannid of 'Iraq, d. 511/1117 at the age of 100 precisely, see Shadharat IV 31.

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b. b. 'Ali al-1.Jasan Ah.madb. Shddhdn,1from Da'laj b. Ahbmad Da'laj,2 from 'All b. 'Abd al-'Azlz Abua'lHasan al-Baghaw1,3from Abi'UadaQsm b. Sallim, 4 from Safwiin from al-Hj5rith,6 from Sa'id b. al-Musaiyib,7 from 'All b. Abi Tdlib," from the Prophet. This Tradition is quoted by ShihTb al-Din al-Suhirawardl1 his 'Awarif al-maYdrif.9 in

Received from Abfi 'All Muh~ammad Sa'id b. Nabhiin by the same chain as b. far back as Ab-i 'Ubaid, above whom the transmission is from H.aj"5,' from b. alIasn1 frmtePoh. H~ammdd Salama,1' from 'All b. Zaid,' fromy records the gloss of Abil Sa'id (se. al-H.asan) on Shihdb al-Din al-Suhraward-1 tha i man ' 2 ,and adds Abna'Ubaid's comment on this gloss

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1Abii 'All al-H~asan Ahmad b. Ibr5,himb. al-H~asan Muhammad b. Shildhiin al-Baghdiidi, b. b. b. 339/950, d. on the last day of 425/1034, see Shadharat III 228-9. 2Abft Muhammad Da'laj b. Alhmad b. Da'laj b. 'Abd al-Rahmiin al-Sijist5hni al-Mu'addil, d. 351/962, see Shadharat III 8, Ta'ri7kh Baghdad VIII 387-92 ; he travelled extensively to study Traditions in Khuriisan, Raiy, Baghd5,d, Ba~ra, Kfifa and Makka, and was renowned for his piety and charitable works. 3'All b. 'Abd al-'Azlz al-Baghawi, d. at Makka in 286/899 at the age of over 90, see Shadharat II 193. 4Abfil'Ubaid al-Qiisim b. Sallilm al-Harawi al-Baghdaidi, b. 154/770, d. 224/838, the famous philologist and theologian, wrote a number of books on gharTb al-hadith, see Brockelmann I 106, Suppl. I 166-7 with references. -5Safwin b. 'sd al-Zuhri al-Ba~ri Abil Mulhammad al-Qassim, d. 200/816, see Shadharat I 359 (other dates given in Ibn Hjajar,Tahdhib al-Tahdhfb IV 430). 6 AI-Harith b. 'Abd al-Rahmannb. 'Abd Allaih b. Sa'd al-DiisI al-Madani, d. 146/763, see Tahdhfb al-Tahdhfb II 147-8 No. 249. AbfiMuhammad Sa'id b. al-Musaiyib al-Makhizilmi al-Madani, d. 94/713, see Shadharelt I 102-3. 8 The fourth Caliph, d. 40/661. 9On the margin of al-Ghazdl1,14y4' (Cairo 1306/1889) I 213; Shihilb al-Din al-Suhrawardi repeatedly cites his uncle ]Diya' al-Din as an authority on Traditions in that work. .10It is not clear which H.ajjaij(there are several Tradlitionists of that name) is here intended. l1 I-ammniid Salama b. Dlniir al-Ba*ri, d. 167/784, see Shadharat I 262. b. 12 'All b. Zaid b. Jadh'sin al-QurashI al-Taimi al-Ba~ri, d. 129/745 or 131/747, see I Shadhar&t 176. 13Abii Sa'Id al-Hlasan b. Abi 'I-Hjasanal-Ba~rl, the famous ascetic and preacher, d. 110/728: al-Hfasan al-Ba$r! could not, of course, transmit direct from the Prophet as he was not born until 21/642, see Encyclopcediaof Islam II 273, Brockelmann I 66, Suppl. I 102.

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This Tradition, with the same isndd andlthe same supplementary remarks, is exactly reprodlucedin the 'Awdrif al-ma'tirifl1 al-Shibli, the Hibat AUlThb. Ah~madb. Muh~ammad IL. Abu 'I-Muza:ffar last surviving transmitter from Jbn al-ZainabI (d. 557).2

Received by Shihiib al-Din al-Suhrawardlifrom Abu 'I-Muzaffaral-Shibli in his uncle's majlis in Ramadain556 [at the age of 17], from Ab-i Nasr Muh~ammad b. b. Muh~ammad 'All al-Zainabi3 in Rabi' I 478, from Abi:iTThir Muhammad S b. 'Abd al-Rah~minb. al-'Abbds b. 'Abd al-Rah~minal-Mukhalli~ in 390, from b. b. Abu 'l-Qdsim 'Abd AUTdh Muh~ammad 'Abd al-'Azlz al-Baghawi,5 from AbiTa from alNarb from al-Qdsim b. al-Fadl al-HJudddni,7 Nasr al-TammEtr,6 Shaibdn,8 from Ab-a Salama,9 from the father of Abil Salama,'0 from the Prophet.

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78. A very dlifferentinterpretation of the word CL4 is given in Ibn al-Athir, albNihfiya

ft gkarfb al-hadith III 42, of. Lisdin al-'Arab X 109.

2 At the age of 88, see ShadhareltIV 181, V 153; al-Subki, Tabaqatal-SA&ft'fya 143. V

3 Abfi Na~rMuLiammad Muhammad b. 'All al-Hdshimi al-'Abbiisi al-Zabini [sic], Musannid b. III of 'Irliq, last surviving pupil of al-Mukhalli~,d. 479/1086 at the age of 92, see Shadhardlt 364 ; is his nsisba correctly given as al-Zainabi in Ta'rilchBaghdad III 238, cf. al-Sam'iini, al -Anslb 284b. 'Als al-Baghdddi al-Dhahabi, " musannid of his age", d. 393/1003 at the age of 88, see II ShadhareltIII 144, Ta'rikch Baghd&d 322-3. 5'Abd Allih b. MuLiammadb. 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Marzubin b. Slibfir b. Shilhanshdh Abu'lQfisim b. Bint Alimad b. Man!', d. 317/929 at the age of 103 ; he was a fine calligrapher, and first wrote Traditions in 225/840, see Shadharat II 275, Ta'ri7kh BaghdAdX 111-7. 16 II 'Abd al-Malik b. 'Abd al-'Azlz, d. 228/843, see Shadhar&t 64, Ta'rikh Baghdad X 420-3. I 7Died 167/784, see Shadhar&t 264. al-TahdhThX 438-9 No. 796 (objit not given). 8Al-1.uddiLnI al-Ba~rl, see TahdhTh o0 Abii Salama b. 'Abd al-Rahmiin b. 'Auf al-Zuhri al-Madani, d. 94/713, see ShadharcltI 105. I 10O 'Abd al-RalxInin b. 'Auf al-Zuhri, d. 32/653, see o9hadher4t 38.

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The chain of this Tradition is the same as the preceding up to 'Abd Allah al-Baghawi, and then goes back to the Prophet through Abu 'Abd Allah Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Hanbal and others.

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who heard it in 339 from Ab Ja'ar b.arbat arb Rab

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who heard it from his great-grandfather 'Ali b.

The celebrated author of the Musnad and founder of the

anbal school, d. 241/855.

b. Harb 4 at Darb Rabah, who heard it from his great-grandfather 'AIl b. Harb 480 b. Tirad Muhammad al-Kmil al-Hshimi al-'Abb b. Salim,7 Abu b.Received by Muh.ammad,5 from Sufyan b. al-Shibl 'Alin al-Naqb from Muhammad,5 '-Muaar 'Uyaina, from al-Zuhri,6 from Slim,7 from d. sa b. al-Zainabi, from the itinq, 491/1098 atthe age of 93, seeMhammad Rizq396ya, Aba S&lim,8 Abui Salim,8who heard Prophet.
who heard it in 339 from Ab Ja'far Muhammad b. Yahya al-Baghd 'Umarad ARizq b. a l-Bazzz, b. 1 The celebrated author of the Mesnad and founder of the Hanbali school, d. 241/855. 2 Abu 'l-Fawaris Tirad b. Muhammad b. 'All al-NaqIb al-Kamil al-HashimI al-'Abbasi al-Baghdadi, Musannid of 'Iraq, d. 491/1098 at the age of 93, see Shadharat III 396. 3 Ibn Rizquya Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Muiammad b. Ahmad b. Rizq al-Baghdadi al-Bazzaz, b. 325/937, d. 412/1021, see Shadhardt III 196. 4 Al-Ta'i al-Mausili, d. 340/951, see Shadharat II 357-8. 5 Abu 'I-Hasan al-Ta'i al-Mausili, d. 265/879, see Shadharat II 150. 6 Abi Shihab Muhammad b. Muslim b. 'Ubaid Allah, d. 124/742, see Encyclopaediaof Islam IV 1239-40. 7 Salim b. 'Abd Allah al-'Adwi al-Madani, d. 106/724, see Shadharat I 133. 8 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar b. al-Khatfab, d. 73/693 at age of 84, see Encyclopwdia of Islam 128-9.

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By the same chain up to Sufyiin b. 'Uyaina. b. III. Abu 'I-FathiMuhammad b. 'Abd al-Bdq71 Alhmadb. Sulaimin Ibn al-Batt-i (b. 477, d. Thursday 25 Jum~dd I 564).1

a~ ~~~~4wa Related on 2 RabI' II 556 by Abu 'I-FathiJbn al-Batti, who received it in 485 b. from Abil 'Abd Allah M5iik b. Ah~mad 'Al71 lbrThim al-BiiniyiisT b. al-Mdliki-,2 b. who received it in Rajab 405 from Abu l-Hlasan Alhmad b. Muh~ammad b. Ah~mad al-Qdsimb. al-Salt al-Qurash7i al-Mujabbir,sfrom Abil Ishdq lbrThim b. 'Abd al-Samad al-lldshimi,4 from Abfi Mus'abAhimadb. Abi Bakr al-Zuhri,6 7 from Mdlik b. Anas,6 from Ibn Shihdb, from SAlim,from AMf S5ilim,from the Prophet.8

C.

Received by the same chain from Mdlik b. Anas and above him by his

isndd9; also received by a second chain.

1 Ibn al-Batti al-Hi{&jib al-Baghdidi, Musannid of 'IrAq, d. 564 at age of 87, see Shadharat IV 213, Tabaqatal-Sh&fi'iyaV 143, mentioned in Ibn KhallikiLn(tr. De Slane), No. 89, frequently quoted in 'Awdrif al-ma'&rif,cf. I 99, 124, 142, etc. 2 Ibn al-Farra' al-Baghdfldi, burnt to death at the age of 87 in the great fire of Baghdaid in III Jumfddi II 485/July 1092, see Shadharatt 376. 3Ibn al-Salt al-Ahwaizi, b. 324/936, d. 409/1018, see Shadharat III 188. 4 Abii 'All (Abfl Ishiiq) Ibrdhim b. 'Abd al-Samad b. Mfiisf b. Muibammadal-AmIr, last direct b. from Abfi Mu8'ab, d. Muh~arram transmitter of M&ilik Anas' al-Muwatkta' 325/November 936, see ShadhareltII 306, Ta'rfkh BaghdeldVI 137-9. and Miufti of Makka, heard al-Muwatta' from Milhikb. Anas, 5Abai Mus'ab al-Faqi-h, QSd41 d. 242/856 at age of 92, see Shadharat II 100. 16 Founder of the Mallikischool, d. 179/795, see Encyclopzsdiaof 121amIII 205-9. 7Muhammad b. Muslim b. 'Ubaid Allflh b. 'Abd Allah al-Zuhri, d. 125/743, see Tahdhib al-Tahdhib IX 445-51 No. 732. 8This tradition occurs with the same isn&din al-Muwa#a' (Cairo 1348) II 212. Thisttradition also occurs with the author's ie?nldas quoted in al.Muwatta' 1 309.

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IV. Ab&i Zur'a Tihhirb. Muhammad b. TTihir 'All b. Mu]hammad b. al-Siffial-Shaibiini al-Maqdisii(b. at Raiy in 481, d. at Hamadhitn on Wednesday,, 17 Rabi' II 566).'

Received from Abil Zur'a on Friday, 23 Rabi' I 558 by a chain including Abu 'I-Fath 'Abdils b. 'Ubaid AllTh b. 'Abdiis,2 Ab&!Bakr Muhiammadb. Ah~mad b. al-Tfisi,3Muh~ammad Ya'qflb al-Asamm,4 and Abu 'lIalal'b~ b. al-Walid al-'Udhri al-BairfltL-5

This report goes back to Umm Salama.6

Shih&bal-Din al-Suhrawardi read the entire Sunan of Ibn Miija 7 with Abii Zur'a, who received the book from AbiT Mans&r Muh~ammad al-IHusain b.
I See Sh1adharizt 217 ; he is frequently quoted in the 'A IV wrif al.ma'azrif,of. I 121, 126, 136, 139, etc., II 32, 46, 54, 63, etc., etc. 2 'Abdfis b. 'Ubaid ARIIh b. Mu1bammadb. 'Abdils, Ra'is and Mu1baddithof Hamadhiin, d. 490/1097 at the age of 95, see Shadhkarat 395. III 3Mnbammad b. Albmad b. Muhammad b. Hlamdiiya, d. c. 405/1014, see Ta'rilkh Baghdad I 277. 4 MuIbammad b. Ya'qiib b. Yilsuf b. Ma'qil b. Siniln al-Umawi al-Nisilbiiri al-Warrilq [great. great-grandson of the Companion Ma'qil b. SinAn al-Ashja'i, d. 63/683 at the Battle of H~arra, see Shadharat I 71], d. 346/957 at the age of 99, see Shadharat II 373. 11 Al-'Abbis b. al-Walid b. Zaid, d. 270/884 at the age of 100, see Skadharat II 160. IsHindbint Abi Umaiya, a wife of the Prophet, d. 61/681 or 59/679, see Shadhsarat 69-70. I 7One of the six canonical collections of Traditions; the author was born in 209/824 and died in 273/886, see Brockelmann I 163, Suppl. I 270.
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b. Ahmad al-Muqauwimi,l from Abfu Talha al-Qasim b. Abi '1-Mundhir al-Khatib,2 from Abu 'l-Hasan 'Ali b. Ibrahim b. Salama al-Qattan,3 from the author.

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1 Muhammad b. al-Husain b. al-Haitham al-Qazwini, d. c. 484/1091 at the age of over 80, see Shadharat III 372. 2 Also al-Qazwini, d. 409/1018 or 410/1019, see Shadharat III 189. 3 Also al-Qazwini, d. 345/956, see Shadharat II 370. Ibn Maja was himself a Qazwini, so that al-Suhrawardi received a sound and unbroken local transmission. 4 Not mentioned in Shadharat. 5 Nasr b. Ahmad b. 'Abd Allah b. al-Nadr al-Bazzaz, Musannid of Baghdad, d. 494/1101, see Shadharat III 402. 6 Al-Baiyi' al-Mu'addib al-Baghdadi, d. 408/1017 at the age of 87, see Shadharat III 187, Ta'rikh Baghdad X 39. 7 Al-Mahamili al-Dabbi al-Baghdadi, d. 330/942 at the age of 95, see Shadharat II 326. 8 Abu Ya'qub Yisuf b. Misa b. Rashid al-Qattan al-Kufi, d. 253/867, see Ta'rzkh Baghdad XIV 304-5. 9 Abu 'Abd Allah Jarir b. 'Abd al-Hamid al-Dabbi, d. 188/804 at the age of 78, see Shadharat I 319.

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al-A'mash,1 from Ibrdhim al-Taimi,2 from the latter's father,3 from Abu Mas'ud.4
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Related on the authority of 'A3.'isha1

VI. AbuBakrA1e.mad al-Muqarrabb. al-Husain al-Hasan b. VI. Abfl Bakr Ahmad al-Muqarrab al-.IHusain al-.I:lasanal-Karkhi b. b. b. al-Karkhi b. (d. 15 Dhu'l-.Iijja Dhu'l-.Hijja 563).9
the same eceis on given a -s uthority in Ab Nu'aim Jbahi, then from Mansaul182. from' Ir Ji^^ <J^ Prophet's fromThe <J wife, 58/678. 4^1 J^> <J)1 dn.7 s favourite jH
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At the age of 83, seeShadhart

IV 208.

1 Ab5 Muhammad Sulaiman b. Mihran al-Asadi al-Kahili, d. 148/765, see ShadhardEt 220-1. Abu Mu.hammadSulaimBn Shadharat I al-Kahil;, 148/765, 2 Ibrahim b. Yazid al-Taimi al-Kuff, d. 92/711, see Shadharat I 100. 3 Yazid b. Sharik b. Tariq al-Taimi, see Ibn Hajar, al-Isaba ff tamyiz al-Sahaba III 1390 No. 8913. 4 Abu Mas'iid 'Uqba b. 'Amr b. Tha'laba al-An~ri, see al-Isaba IV 337 No. 1034. 4 Aba Mas'ud 'Amr al-Ansarl, 5 Aba 'Attab Man~ar b. al-Mu'tamir al-Sulami al-Kufi Abu Mansur al-SulamI al-Kffi al-HIIfiz, d. 132/750, see Shadharat al-Hafiz, I 189. 6 Salim b. Abi 'l-Ja'd al-Ki, d. c. 6 Shadharat al-Kufi, 100/719, see Shadhar t I 118. ? Abu 7Ab5 'Abd Allah Thaubin al-Qurashi al-Hashimi, freedman of the Prophet; this anecdote Thauban is given on the same authority in Abu Nu'aim al-Isbahamn, Hilyat al-auliya' I 182. 8 The Prophet's favourite wife, d. 58/678. 9 At the age of 83, see Shadharat IV 208.

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VII. Abu 'lQdsim Yah~ydb. Thiibit b. Bunddr b. IbrTifflmal-Baqq5,l (d. 5 RabI' I 566).~ Recounted to al-Suhrawardiin 562.

1 Daughter of the Prophet, d. 11/632. I Mundhir b. MUli al-'AbdI al-Ba~ri, d. 108/726 or 109/727, see Shadhar&t 135. This forms said to have been delivered during the " Farewell Pilgrimage " part of the Prophet's kchutba see Alimad Zaki-Safwat, Jamhzarakhutabal-'Arab I 59, with authorities there quoted. 3 KhELlid Zaid, d. 51/671 or 52/672 at the siege of Constantinople, beneath whose walls he b. was buried, see Shadharat I 57. Of Baghdaid, died over 80 years of age, see Shadharat IV, 218.
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.4 560)

Related by Zaid b. KhMiid al-Juhani, who was much addicted to the toothpick.5 This and the following Traditions were received by al-Suhrawardion Saturday, 2 RamadAn 556.

Tradition relatedby Hjakimb. HIJizm.6

1 Died in 57/677 or 58/678 at the age of 78, see Encyclopcediaof 1slam I 93-4.
2 Ka'b al-AlWibr,famous for his information about the ancient scriptures, d. 32/652 or 34/654, see Encyclopcediaof Islam 1I 582-3. 3The Israelite, d. 43/663, see Shadhar5t 1 53, Encyclopcediaof Islam I 30-1. 4Al-Attar al-Hlanbali, d. Monday, 8 Rajab 560, and was prayed over by 'Abd al-Qaidir al-Jilaini the celebrated mystic; his name was originally I.Iudhaifa but he changed it to 'Abd Allah ; see Shadhar&t 189. IV 5AbS Talhia (Ab-S'Abd al-RabmSn), d. 78/697, see al-Isaba II 49-50 No. 2880. I1 Hakim b. HizSim b. Khuwailid b. Asad al-Qurashi al-Asadi, nephew of Khadija, d. 54/674 at the age of 120, see Shadhardt I 60 ; the Tradition is explained in al-Nihx2yafi gharib al-hadfth IV 21.

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X. Abu Bakr Salama b. Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Malik b. al-Sadr (d. 8 Rabi' I 558),1 whom al-Suhrawardiheard in Jumada II 550. <Jl ;1

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XI. Abu 'l-Fath Yulsuf b. Muhammad b. Muqallad al-Dimashqi (d. 559),1 whom al-Suhrawardi heard in 556.

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1 Anecdote of the death of Fatlh al-Mausili, as reported by Yflsuf b. Ibrdthim

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Mas'fid b. Mauihiib.6 XV. BishArabint al-lRa'isAbi '1-Sa'~ddTt

11 Abil Na$r Fat1bal-Mau$ill, a well-known early fi1fi,d. 220/835, see Ta'rikh Baghdad XII 381-3, al-Sha'raLni, al-Tabaqeltal-kubra (Cairo 1925) I 68. 2Abii Ya'qfib Yiisuf b. lbrahim b. Mflsalb. Ibraihimal-Sahmi al-Qazziiz al.Jurjaini, see Ta'riich Baghd&dXIV 325. -3A well-known " mad " saint who lived in the second half of the 2nd/8th century. 4Of Nisalbiir, d. 406/1015, see Brockelmann I 156, Suppl. I 254; this anecdote occurs on pp. 81-2 of the Cairo 1924 edition. 5Not mentioned in Shadhar&t; b. 502/1109, see Tabaq&tal-Sh&ft'iya IV 235, where his name is given as Ibn al-Zarif. 6 Not mentioned in Shadhar&t.

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This concludes the list of Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi'sfifteen teachers of Tradition. The text as contained in the unique copy under review is based immediately on the riwdya of al-Qadl Ra'is al-Sha'm 'Imad al-Din Abu 'l-Fadl Muhammad b. al-Qadi Taj al-Din Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Hibat Allah al-Shirazi, wali of the hisba and other departments of Damascus and a leading man of the city, who died in Sha'ban 749/January 1349 of the plague.1 He in turn was following the riwdya of Shihab al-Din Abu '1Ma'ali Ahmad b. Ishaq b. Muhammad b. al-Mu'aiyad b. 'All al-Abarqihi al-Hamadhani, who was born in 615/1218 at Abarquh (near Shiraz), studied at Baghdad, Damascus, Cairo, and Jerusalem, died at al-Qarafa (or, some say, at Makka) in 701/1302, and was known among his intimates as al-Suhrawardi because he had received the khirqafrom Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardihimself 2; he read the text with 'Imad al-Din al-Shirazi towards the end of Jumada I 699/February 1300. The tract was originally read with the author at Baghdad in 620/1223.
1 Ibn H.ajar, al-Durar al-kamina III 365. Ibid. I 102-3.