al-Mu'tamin al-Saji

Al-Mutaman, the hafiz of Baghdad known as al-Saji; an exact hafiz, wide of journey, prolific of writing, firm of scruple and faith — he transmitted from Abu'l-Husayn Ibn al-Naqur, Abu Bakr al-Khatib and their tier in Syria, Iraq, Isfahan and Khurasan; he read fiqh and wrote down the Shamil from its author Ibn al-Sabbagh. He died in Safar 507 at sixty-two. ¹