Sulayman (d. 288/901), besides the Ṭālibid notables,[35] above all, al-Husayn b. al-Husayn b. Zayd, who was the leader of the Banu Hashim of his time.[36] The close ties with the Abbasid court continued in the generation of Muhammad's sons, al-Hasan and al-Husayn (al-Isfahani's father).[37]