8 - Dawud ibn Nasr ibn Suhayl ibn 'Abdawayh ibn Yazdad, Abu Sulayman al-Bazdawi, one of the scholars of the city of Nasaf, died in the year three hundred and twenty-three, and his brother also, Abu Muhammad 'Abdullah ibn Nasr ibn Suhayl al-Bazdawi, narrated from al-Tirmidhi as well(1).

9 - Muhammad ibn Sufyan ibn al-Nadr, Abu Ja'far al-Nasafi, known as al-Amin, narrated from al-Bukhari his "Sahih," mentioned by al-Mustaghfiri in his "History of Nasaf"(2).

10 - Nasr ibn Muhammad ibn Sabra, Abu Muhammad al-Shirakathi, attributed to Shirakath, a village among the villages of Nasaf, heard "al-Jami'" from Abu 'Isa, and had others hear it from him(3).

Statements of the scholars about him and their praise of him:
Indeed, Imam al-Tirmidhi, may Allah the Exalted have mercy on him, attained in knowledge a tremendous station, to which the eminent scholars and their most distinguished among his contemporaries, and those who came after him, bore witness. His teacher, the Imam and Hafiz Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari, said to him: "I have not benefited from you more than you have benefited from me"(4).

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(1) "Tarikh al-Islam," deaths (321-330), p. 129, and "al-Ikmal" by Ibn Makula 1/472, and "al-Ansab" 2/190.
(2) "Tarikh al-Islam," deaths (301-320), p. 243.
(3) "al-Ansab" in the biography of Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn 'Ammar ibn 'Isma ibn Mu'adh al-Shirakathi 7/461.
(4) "Tahdhib al-Tahdhib" 3/669.