It is stated on the last folio of this volume, in the handwriting of Ibn al-Jawzī himself, that he finished writing this copy on Wednesday, the tenth of Rabīʿ al-Ākhir of the year five hundred and thirty-six [AH].

We say: what appears to us is that this copy is compiled from two copies: the copy of Ibn al-Jawzī, from which some folios of this volume were lost, and they were replaced with folios from the copy of Ilyās ibn Ghāzī, which were thought to be by Ibn al-Jawzī. However, upon examination and careful scrutiny of the handwriting of each of the two, the difference becomes clear.

The Imam, the ḥāfiẓ Ibn al-Jawzī, heard his copy from Abū al-Fatḥ al-Karūkhī, whom he mentioned in his "Mashyakha." We have provided biographical accounts of both of them when discussing copy (A). The reader in al-Karūkhī's sessions was Abū al-Faḍl ibn Nāṣir, the ḥāfiẓ.

It is stated on the title page, in the handwriting of Ibn al-Jawzī, the following text: "The first volume of the book al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr, authored by Abū ʿĪsā Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā ibn Sawra ibn Mūsā al-Tirmidhī, may God have mercy on him.

As transmitted by Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Maḥbūbī, may God's mercy be upon him, from Abū ʿĪsā al-Tirmidhī.

As transmitted by Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Jabbār ibn Muḥammad al-Jarrāḥī, from Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Maḥbūbī, may God's mercy be upon him.

As transmitted by the shaykhs: the judge Abū ʿĀmir Maḥmūd ibn al-Qāsim al-Azdī, Abū Naṣr ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Muḥammad al-Tiryāqī, and Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn—"