Ibn Tabarzad

Abu Hafs 'Umar ibn Abi Bakr Muhammad ibn Ma'mar ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya the tutor, known as Ibn Tabarzad, the famous Baghdadi muhaddith surnamed Muwaffaq al-Din; of Dar al-Qaz quarter, hence called al-Darqazni; his elder brother Abu'l-Baqa' Muhammad gave him much hadith, then he took up transmission on his own and lived long, transmitting for years; Ibn al-Madini gathered his mashyakha in two volumes and part of a third, eighty-three shaykhs; of lofty isnad he toured the lands, benefited their people, joined the lesser to the greater, and spread auditions and ijazas over the earth — his life extended until the age was emptied for him alone. ¹