al-Qasim al-Shahrzuri

Abu Ahmad al-Qasim b. al-Muzaffar b. 'Ali b. al-Qasim al-Shahrazuri; father of the qadi of the two horizons Abu Bakr Muhammad, of al-Murtada Abu Muhammad 'Abdallah and of Abu Mansur al-Muzaffar — and grandfather of the house of al-Shahrazuri, judges of Syria, Mosul and the Jazira, all tracing to him; he governed the city of Irbil a while and the city of Sinjar a while. ²

His sons and grandsons were learned, noble, generous — they held the highest ranks, advanced at kings' courts, held the judgeship and their markets prospered — especially his grandson the qadi Kamal al-Din Muhammad and Muhyi'l-Din b. Kamal al-Din; he came to Baghdad more than once — al-Sam'ani mentions him in the Dhayl and al-Ansab and Abu'l-Barakat Ibn al-Mustawfi in Tarikh Irbil quoting his verse; he died at Mosul and was buried there. ²