al-Zafar al-Asadi

Abu Mansur al-Zafar ibn Abi'l-Husayn Azdshir al-Asadi, the Marwazi preacher styled Qutb al-Din and known as al-Amir; of Marw, he had the long hand in preaching and admonition and fine expression, practising the art from youth to age; he came to Baghdad and stayed nearly three years preaching constantly, met complete acceptance, and won the favour of the caliph al-Muqtafi, then left as his envoy toward Sultan Sanjar ibn Malikshah, reaching Khurasan and returning. ²

He left Baghdad again on a mission to Khuzistan and died at 'Askar Mukram at the end of Rabi' al-Akhir 544; his coffin was carried to Baghdad and buried in the Shawiniziyya in the enclosure of Shaykh Junayd ibn Muhammad; he had heard hadith at Nishapur and the hafiz Abu Sa'd al-Sam'ani transmitted from him, calling him sound of memorisation. ²