Nur al-Din Ibn Bisal

Nur al-Din Ibn Bisal al-Iskandarani, known in earlier times as Ibn al-Saqati. Born in 773, says Ibn Hajar; he worked hard in several disciplines without mastery, and strained after the chancery signature. He heard from Siraj al-Din ibn al-Mulaqqin and others, copied much of Ibn al-Mulaqqin's works in his own hand, related a little, and attended my dictation sessions for about twenty years. He died on Wednesday, 13 Jumada I 847. ¹