Note 72 — Chapter XI · Concerning their Imáms who lived subsequently to the Followers (al-Tábi`ún) down to our day.

This statement is not accurate. The notice of Ma`rúf Karkhí is the fourth in Qushayrí’s list of biographies at the beginning of his treatise on Ṣúfiism, and stands between the notices of Fuḍayl b. `Iyáḍ and Sarí Saqaṭí. In the Ṭabaqát al-Ṣúfiyya, by Abú `Abd al-Raḥmán al-Sulamí, the notice of Ma`rúf comes tenth in order, but occupies the same position as it does here in so far as it is preceded by the article on Abú Sulaymán Dárání and is followed by the article on Ḥátim al-Aṣamm. It appears from the next sentence that al-Hujwírí intended to place the life of Ma`rúf between those of Dáwud Ṭá´í and Sarí Saqaṭí (Nos. 14 and 15), but neither of the two above-mentioned authorities has adopted this arrangement.