[79]. The Sálimís are described (ibid.) as “a number of scholastic theologians (mutakallimún) belonging to Baṣra”.
[80]. “Ibáḥatí” or “Ibáḥí” signifies “one who regards everything as permissible”.
[81]. See the [eleventh] section of the fourteenth chapter.
[82]. Dáwud of Iṣfahán, the founder of the Ẓáhirite school (Brockelmann, i, 183).
[83]. i.e. “The Error of Ecstatic Persons”.
[84]. Abú `Abdalláh Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ghálib b. Khálid al-Baṣrí al-Báhilí, generally known as Ghulám Khalíl, died in 275 A.H. He is described by Abu ´l-Maḥásin (Nujúm, ii, 79, 1 ff.) as a traditionist, ascetic, and saint. According to the Tadhkirat al-Awliyá (ii, 48, 4 ff.), he represented to the Caliph that Junayd, Núrí, Shiblí, and other eminent Ṣúfís were freethinkers and heretics, and urged him to put them to death.
[85]. i.e. “The Mirror of the Sages”.
[86]. Sa`íd (Abú `Abdalláh) b. Yazíd al-Nibájí. See Nafaḥát, No. 86.
[87]. So in all the texts.
[88]. “The Seal of Saintship.”