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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

The Egyptian Epistle - Muhammad ibn Muqatil al-Qati'i

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The Seventh Rising: Abu Ismail Muhammad ibn Ismail ibn Abi Zaynab al-Kahili al-Bazzaz, known as Abu al-Tayyibat. His Orphans: [his son Ismail, Abu Muhammad Sufyan ibn Mus'ab al-Abdi, Bashshar al-Sha'iri, al-Mu’alla ibn Khunays, and Abu Ayyub al-Qummi].

The Eighth Rising: Abu Abd Allah al-Mufaddal ibn Umar al-Ju'fi, known as Abu al-Zakiyat. His Orphans: [Yunus ibn Zabyan al-Sakhri, Abu al-Ghusn Jahy (who is Thabit ibn al-Dukayn), Yahya ibn Zayd, Abu al-Ghamr al-Thumali, and Abu Ayyub al-Qummi].

The Ninth Rising: Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn al-Mufaddal ibn Umar al-Ju'fi, known as Abu al-Sahl. His Orphans: [Asad ibn Ismail ibn Abi al-Tayyibat, al-Hurr (the broker of beasts, not people), Salih ibn Abd al-Quddus, Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Harthami, and Ali ibn Abd al-Malik al-Qummi].

The Tenth Rising: Abu al-Qasim Umar ibn al-Furat the Scribe, known as Abu al-Sahl. His Orphans: [al-Hasan and Wahb, the sons of Qaran, Khalid ibn Abi al-Ash'ath, Nasr ibn Salam, and Muhammad ibn Umar al-Kannasi].

The Eleventh Rising: Abu Shu’ayb Muhammad ibn Nusayr ibn Bakr al-Numayri al-Abdi. Among his rare kunyas is Abu Talib. His Orphans: [Muhammad ibn Jundub, Ali ibn Umm al-Raqqad, Fadwayh al-Kurdi, Ishaq ibn Ammar al-Kufi, and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Furat the Scribe].

As for the rank of the Nakibs: their number and names preceded. In this rank, they are twelve Nakibs, neither increasing nor decreasing by one person. The first of them in status: Abu al-Haytham Malik ibn al-Tayyihan, whom Lord Muhammad — exalted be his glory — named the Nakib of Nakibs.

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