Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdillāh b. Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. Ḥasan b. Ibrāhīm b. Ṭabāṭabā b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm b. Ḥasan b. Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib al-Ḥāshimī al-Miṣrī. He was one of the leading great personalities of the Egyptians. Halva was constantly made in his house. A man was always busy there cracking almonds for the halva. People had the right to receive a certain amount of halva from his house. Some received it daily, some from Friday to Friday, and some from month to month. Kāfūr al-Ikhshīd had the right to receive two bowls of halva and one yufka bread from him every day.
When al-Muʿizz al-Fāṭimī came to Cairo and met him, he asked:
– To which family does our master belong?
– I belong to the people of the city!
When he entered the palace, he gathered the nobles and drew his sword halfway out of its sheath, saying: "This is my lineage." Then he scattered gold dust over the nobles and said: "This is my ancestry." They replied: "We have heard and obeyed."
According to an authentic report, the person who said these words to al-Muʿizz was this man's son or another noble. Allah knows best. Because this man died at the age of sixty-two in this year. Al-Muʿizz came to Egypt only in the year 362 AH. Indeed, this matter will be explained later.