أبو زكريا يحيى بن منده

Yahya ibn Manda, the Isfahani hafiz and Hanbali, author of the Tarikh Isfahan. Baghdad heard from him when he came on hajj in his old age — he dictated and related there, and Ibn Nasir, 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Anmati, Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jili, Ibn al-Khashshab and the hafiz al-Salafi heard from him. ¹

Ibn al-Sam'ani said: high in rank, rich in merit, wide in transmission, a reliable abundant hafiz, truthful, prolific in composition, of good conduct — his house produced a whole house in its age. He composed the Manaqib al-'Abbas and Manaqib Ahmad, each in a large volume. He died in Dhu'l-Hijja 511 at seventy-four. ¹