ABSTRACT
Z ı¯ya¯d (d. 205/820-821) – ancestor of the Banu¯ Z ı¯ya¯d – then Yah ˙ ya¯ [ibn
Mu ammar ibn Imra¯n al-La¯ha¯nı¯ ] al-Ishbı¯lı¯, again; then Yukha¯mir ibn Uthma¯n al-Jayya¯nı¯ but he asked permission to resign, so he granted it and appointed his brother Mu a¯dh.7 Then Sa ı¯d ibn Sulayma¯n al-Gha¯fiqı¯ı¯ al-Ballu¯t
˙ ı¯ became judge after him.8
