بلقن

And there was disagreement on its pronunciation, so it was said: (with damma and kasra on the qaf).

And in some copies, it is found as Balqayn, like Ghirnaq.

And our Sheikh corrected it, may God have mercy on him, and said: It is the known and famous one on the tongues of Egyptians.

A town in Egypt, in Gharbia, from the districts of al-Mahalla al-Kubra, a league between them, and I have entered it;

From it is the sign of the age, our companion Siraj al-Din Abu Hafs ('Umar ibn Ruslan).

He was born in Minyat Kinana in the year 724, and died in the year 805;

He learned from al-Taqi al-Subki, al-Jalal al-Qazwini, and al-Salah al-'Ala'i al-Qudsi, may God have mercy on them both;

And from him was al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, and his sons Jalal al-Din Abu al-Fadl 'Abd al-Rahman, who died in 826, and Diya' al-Din 'Abd al-Khaliq, and al-Badr Abu al-Yaman, who died in 791, and 'Alam al-Din Abu al-Baqaa' Salih, who granted ijazah to al-Sakhawi, and al-Hafiz al-Suyuti, who died in 868, and al-'Izz 'Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad ibn Muzaffar ibn Nasir ibn Salih, who learned from al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, died in 888.

And his grandfather 'Abd al-Aziz learned from his relative al-Siraj al-Balqini, who died in 828,

And his relative al-Sadr Muhammad ibn al-Jamal 'Abd Allah ibn al-Shams Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muzaffar was born in al-Mahalla in 808 and died there in 893, may God have mercy on him;

And al-Badr Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Umar ibn Ruslan learned from al-Wali, al-Hafiz, and al-'Ilm, died in 892,

And his son 'Abd al-Basiṭ Zayn al-Din wrote and benefited, upon them be the mercy of the generous Lord.