Abū al-Qāsim al-Taymī, Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad b. Faḍl b. ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. Ṭāhir al-Ṭalḥī, entitled Qawām al-Sunna and Shaykh al-Islām (457–535/1065–1141), was a traditionist and exegete from Iṣfahān as well as the author of a book on the doctrines of traditionists. He is said to have been known as ‘Shaykh Ismāʿīl-i Jawzī’ in Iṣfahān. As al-Samʿānī says, ‘Jawzī’ means ‘little bird (chicken)’ in the Iṣfahāni dialect (3/408). His maternal ancestry can be traced back to th…