Tarikh (al-Tabari) 4024
Then the year 334 AH began
ذِكْرُ اسْتِيلَاءِ مُعِزِّ الدَّوْلَةِ عَلَى بَغْدَاذَ لَمَّا كَاتَبَ يَنَالُ كُوشَةَ مُعِزَّ الدَّوْلَةِ بْنَ بُوَيْهِ وَهُوَ بِالْأَهْوَازِ، وَدَخَلَ فِي طَاعَتِهِ، سَارَ مُعِزُّ الدَّوْلَةِ نَحْوَهُ، فَاضْطَرَبَ النَّاسُ بِبَغْدَاذَ، فَلَمَّا وَصَلَ إِلَى بَاجِسْرَى، اخْتَفَى الْمُسْتَكْفِي بِاللَّهِ وَابْنُ شَيْرَزَادَ، وَكَانَتْ إِمَارَتُهُ ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَعِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا، فَلَمَّا اسْتَتَرَ، سَارَ الْأَتْرَاكُ إِلَى الْمَوْصِلِ، فَلَمَّا أُبْعِدُوا ظَهَرَ الْمُسْتَكْفِي وَعَادَ إِلَى بَغْدَاذَ إِلَى دَارِ الْخِلَافَةِ، وَقَدِمَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُهَلَّبِيُّ صَاحِبُ مُعِزِّ الدَّوْلَةِ إِلَى بَغْدَاذَ، فَاجْتَمَعَ بِابْنِ شَيْرَزَادَ بِالْمَكَانِ الَّذِي اسْتَتَرَ فِيهِ، ثُمَّ اجْتَمَعَ بِالْمُسْتَكْفِي، فَأَظْهَرَ الْمُسْتَكْفِي السُّرُورَ بِقُدُومِ مُعِزِّ الدَّوْلَةِ، وَأَعْلَمَهُ أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا اسْتَتَرَ مِنَ الْأَتْرَاكِ لِيَتَفَرَّقُوا فَيَحْصُلَ الْأَمْرُ لِمُعِزِّ الدَّوْلَةِ بِلَا قِتَالٍ. وَوَصَلَ مُعِزُّ الدَّوْلَةِ إِلَى بَغْدَاذَ حَادِي عَشَرَ جُمَادَى الْأُولَى، فَنَزَلَ بِبَابِ الشَّمَّاسِيَّةِ، وَدَخَلَ مِنَ الْغَدِ عَلَى الْخَلِيفَةِ الْمُسْتَكْفِي وَبَايَعَهُ، وَحَلَفَ لَهُ الْمُسْتَكْفِي، وَسَأَلَهُ مُعِزُّ الدَّوْلَةِ أَنْ يَأْذَنَ لِابْنِ شَيْرَزَادَ بِالظُّهُورِ، وَأَنْ يَأْذَنَ أَنْ يَسْتَكْتِبَهُ، فَأَجَابَهُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ، فَظَهَرَ ابْنُ شَيْرَزَادَ، وَلَقِيَ مُعِزَّ الدَّوْلَةِ، فَوَلَّاهُ الْخَرَاجَ وَجِبَايَةَ الْأَمْوَالِ، وَخَلَعَ الْخَلِيفَةُ عَلَى مُعِزِّ الدَّوْلَةِ، وَلَقَّبَهُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ " مُعِزَّ الدَّوْلَةِ "، وَلَقَّبَ أَخَاهُ ( عَلِيًّا ) " عِمَادَ الدَّوْلَةِ "، وَلَقَّبَ أَخَاهُ الْحَسَنَ " رُكْنَ الدَّوْلَةِ "، وَأَمَرَ أَنْ تُضْرَبَ أَلْقَابُهُمْ وَكُنَاهُمْ عَلَى الدَّنَانِيرِ وَالدَّرَاهِمِ. وَنَزَلَ مُعِزُّ الدَّوْلَةِ بِدَارِ مُؤْنِسٍ، وَنَزَلَ أَصْحَابُهُ فِي دُورِ النَّاسِ، فَلَحِقَ النَّاسُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شِدَّةً عَظِيمَةً، وَصَارَ رَسْمًا عَلَيْهِمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ فَعَلَهُ بِبَغْدَاذَ، وَلَمْ يُعْرَفْ بِهَا قَبْلَهُ. وَأُقِيمُ لِلْمُسْتَكْفِي بِاللَّهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ خَمْسَةُ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ لِنَفَقَاتِهِ، وَكَانَتْ رُبَّمَا تَأَخَّرَتْ عَنْهُ، فَأُقِرَّتْ لَهُ مَعَ ذَلِكَ ضَيَاعٌ سُلِّمَتْ إِلَيْهِ تَوَلَّاهَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الشِّيرَازِيُّ كَاتِبُهُ.
Translation
✧ Mention of Muʿizz al-Dawlah’s seizure of Baghdād When Yanāl Kūshah corresponded with Muʿizz al-Dawlah b. Buwayh while he was at al-Ahwāz, and entered into obedience to him, Muʿizz al-Dawlah set out toward him. The people in Baghdād became agitated. When he reached Bājisrā, al-Mustakfī bi-Llāh and Ibn Shīrzād went into hiding. His emirate had lasted three months and twenty days. When he concealed himself, the Turks went to al-Mawṣil. When they had gone far away, al-Mustakfī appeared and returned to Baghdād to the caliphal palace. Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Muhallabī, the companion of Muʿizz al-Dawlah, arrived in Baghdād. He met with Ibn Shīrzād in the place where he had hidden, then met with al-Mustakfī. Al-Mustakfī expressed joy at the coming of Muʿizz al-Dawlah and informed him that he had only hidden from the Turks so that they would disperse and the matter would fall to Muʿizz al-Dawlah without fighting. Muʿizz al-Dawlah reached Baghdād on the eleventh of Jumādā al-Ūlā. He encamped at Bāb al-Shammāsiyyah, and the following day entered to see the caliph al-Mustakfī and pledged allegiance to him. Al-Mustakfī swore an oath to him. Muʿizz al-Dawlah asked him to permit Ibn Shīrzād to appear and to permit him to make him his secretary. He acceded to that. Ibn Shīrzād appeared and met Muʿizz al-Dawlah. He appointed him over the land tax and collection of revenues. The caliph bestowed a robe of honor on Muʿizz al-Dawlah and on that day gave him the title "Muʿizz al-Dawlah," gave his brother ʿAlī the title "ʿImād al-Dawlah," and gave his brother al-Ḥasan the title "Rukn al-Dawlah." He ordered that their titles and kunyahs be struck on the dinars and dirhams. Muʿizz al-Dawlah lodged in the palace of Muʾnis, and his companions lodged in the people’s houses. The people suffered great hardship from that, and it became a customary imposition upon them thereafter. He was the first to do this in Baghdād, and it was not known there before him. Al-Mustakfī bi-Llāh was allotted every day five thousand dirhams for his expenses, and it sometimes was delayed from him. Along with that, estates were confirmed for him and delivered to him, which his secretary Abū Aḥmad al-Shīrāzī administered.
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