^{page 96 note 1} Died in Ramādān 478 a.h., cf. Bighyat al-Wu‘āt, p. 415.

^{page 96 note 2} Generally known by the name Ibn at-Ṭuyūrī, died in Baghdād in 500 a.h., cf. Ibn Ḥajār, Lisān al-Mīzān, v, 9 ; Mīzān al-I‘tidūl, iii, 5.

^{page 96 note 3} The editions of Ibn Khallikan have wrongly Muḥammad ibn Sa‘īd ibn Shihāb, the last name should read Nabhān ; he was born in 415 and died on the 7th of Sha‘bān, 511 a.h., cf. Lisān al-Mīzān, iii, p. 179.

^{page 96 note 4} Died Dhul Qa‘da 249, cf. Ibn Ḥajar, Tahdhīb, iv, 97.

^{page 96 note 5} Died 577 a.h., cf. Bighyat al-Wu‘āt, p. 301.

^{page 96 note 6} Died in Shawwāl, 613 a.h., cf. Bighyat al-Wu‘āt, p. 249.

^{page 96 note 7} Died in Ramaḍān, 567 a.h., cf. Bighyat, p. 276.

^{page 97 note 1} p. 485 ff.

^{page 100 note 1} Described by Rescher, , ZDMG., vol. lxiv, p. 503Google Scholar. It is numbered 1171– There are three more manuscripts in Constantinople, all described by Rescher in various places, namely: Bāyazīd, No. 2902, dated 735, and containing the second volume only; ‘Ashir Efendi, No. 751, dated 1098, and perhaps a copy of the Rāghib Pāshā MS. ; Feiziyye Library, No. 1574–6. Another MS. of considerable age is in the Haiderābād State Library, but has lost some leaves. The Raghib Pāshā, MS. is dated 581 and copied from the original of the author.