Shaykh Abu ´l-Qásim Suddí[[103]] was a director who mortified himself and led an excellent spiritual life. He cared tenderly for dervishes and had a goodly belief in them.
2. Fárs.
The Grand Shaykh, Abu ´l-Ḥasan b. Sáliba,[[104]] spoke with the utmost elegance on Ṣúfiism and with extreme lucidity on Unification (tawḥíd). His sayings are well known.
The Shaykh and Director (murshid) Abú Isḥáq b. Shahriyár was one of the most venerable Ṣúfís and had complete authority.
Shaykh Abu ´l-Ḥasan `Alí b. Bakrán was a great mutaṣawwif, and Shaykh Abú Muslim was highly esteemed in his time.
Shaykh Abu ´l-Fatḥ b. Sáliba is an excellent and hopeful successor to his father.
Shaykh Abú Ṭálib was a man enraptured by the words of the Truth.
I have seen all these except the Grand Shaykh, Abú Isḥáq.
3.Quhistán, Ádharbáyaján, Ṭabaristán, and Kish.[[105]]
Shaykh Faraj,[[106]] known as Akhí Zanjání, was a man of excellent disposition and admirable doctrine.