The Life Of Ibn Hanbal by Ibn Al-Jawzi

[Colophon of H:] Copying completed by Maḥfūẓ ibn ʿIsā ibn Maḥfūẓ al-Zamlakānī, who read aloud for correction by the elder exemplar and jurisprudent Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd Allāh from a copy of the original written by the author, the elder, exemplar, unique scholar, and pillar of the sunnah, Jamāl al-Dīn Abū l-Faraj ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Jawzī, on Tuesday, the nineteenth of Shaʿbān 566 [April 27, 1171]. May God bless Muḥammad, the Seal of the Prophets, and his noble family and Companions. 101.1

[Colophon of D:] Completed before noon on Monday, the third of Dhu l-Qaʿdah 599

[July 14, 1203]. May God bless our master, the Prophet Muḥammad, and his pristine family and Companions. 101.2

[Colophon of SH:] Completed on Saturday, the twentieth of the holy month of Ramadan 850 [December 9, 1446], by Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al- Shishīnī, a Shāfiʿī in law, and an inadequate, unworthy, and supplicant servant of God needful of the mercy of his great and mighty Lord. May God forgive him, his parents, and anyone who reads any of this work and prays that God forgive him and be merciful unto him, whether he be living or dead. This work was completed in Mecca, at the Salām Gate under the porticos facing the Holy Mosque. Praise is God’s alone.

May God bless and keep our master, the Prophet Muḥammad, and his family and Companions. 101.3