Tarikh (al-Tabari) 4243
Then the year 356 AH began
ذِكْرُ مَوْتِ مُعِزِّ الدَّوْلَةِ وَوِلَايَةِ ابْنِهِ بَخْتِيَارَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ، ثَالِثَ عَشَرَ رَبِيعٍ الْآخِرِ، تُوُفِّيَ مُعِزُّ الدَّوْلَةِ بِعِلَّةِ الذَّرَبِ، وَكَانَ بِوَاسِطَ، وَقَدْ جَهَّزَ الْجُيُوشَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ شَاهِينَ، فَابْتَدَأَ بِهِ الْإِسْهَالُ، وَقَوِيَ عَلَيْهِ، فَسَارَ نَحْوَ بَغْدَاذَ، وَخَلَّفَ أَصْحَابَهُ، وَوَعَدَهُمْ أَنَّهُ يَعُودُ إِلَيْهِمْ لِأَنَّهُ رَجَا الْعَافِيَةَ، فَلَمَّا وَصَلَ إِلَى بَغْدَاذَ اشْتَدَّ مَرَضُهُ، وَصَارَ لَا يَثْبُتُ فِي مَعِدَتِهِ شَيْءٌ، فَلَمَّا أَحَسَّ بِالْمَوْتِ عَهِدَ إِلَى ابْنِهِ عِزِّ الدَّوْلَةِ بَخْتِيَارَ، وَأَظْهَرَ التَّوْبَةَ، وَتَصَدَّقَ بِأَكْثَرِ مَالِهِ، وَأَعْتَقَ مَمَالِيكَهُ، وَرَدَّ شَيْئًا كَثِيرًا عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ، وَتُوُفِّيَ وَدُفِنَ بِبَابِ التِّبْنِ فِي مَقَابِرِ قُرَيْشٍ، فَكَانَتْ إِمَارَتُهُ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً وَأَحَدَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا وَيَوْمَيْنِ. وَكَانَ حَلِيمًا كَرِيمًا عَاقِلًا، وَلَمَّا مَاتَ مُعِزُّ الدَّوْلَةِ وَجَلَسَ ابْنُهُ عِزُّ الدَّوْلَةِ فِي الْإِمَارَةِ مُطِرَ النَّاسُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ بِلَيَالِيهَا مَطَرًا دَائِمًا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ مِنَ الْحَرَكَةِ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى الْقُوَّادِ فَأَرْضَاهُمْ، فَانْجَلَتِ السَّمَاءُ، وَقَدْ رَضُوا فَسَكَنُوا وَلَمْ يَتَحَرَّكْ أَحَدٌ. وَكَتَبَ عِزُّ الدَّوْلَةِ إِلَى الْعَسْكَرِ بِمُصَالَحَةِ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ شَاهِينَ، فَفَعَلُوا وَعَادُوا. وَكَانَتْ إِحْدَى يَدَيْ مُعِزِّ الدَّوْلَةِ مَقْطُوعَةً، وَاخْتُلِفَ فِي سَبَبِ قَطْعِهَا، فَقِيلَ قُطِعَتْ بِكَرْمَانَ لَمَّا سَارَ إِلَى قِتَالِ مَنْ بِهَا، وَقَدْ ذَكَرْنَاهُ، وَقِيلَ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَحْدَثَ أَمْرَ السُّعَاةِ، وَأَعْطَاهُمْ عَلَيْهِ الْجِرَايَاتِ الْكَثِيرَةَ، لِأَنَّهُ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَصِلَ خَبَرُهُ إِلَى أَخِيهِ رُكْنِ الدَّوْلَةِ سَرِيعًا، فَنَشَأَ فِي أَيَّامِهِ فَضْلٌ وَمَرْعُوشٌ، وَفَاقَا جَمِيعَ السُّعَاةِ، وَكَانَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا يَسِيرُ فِي الْيَوْمِ نَيِّفًا وَأَرْبَعِينَ فَرْسَخًا، وَتَعَصَّبَ لَهُمَا النَّاسُ، وَكَانَ أَحَدُهُمَا سَاعِيَ السُّنَّةِ، وَالْآخَرُ سَاعِيَ الشِّيعَةِ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the death of Muʿizz al-Dawlah and the succession of his son Bakhtiyār In this year, on the thirteenth of Rabīʿ al-Ākhir, Muʿizz al-Dawlah died of the illness of dharab (diarrhea). He was at Wāsiṭ and had already prepared the armies to fight ʿImrān b. Shāhīn. The diarrhea began in him and grew severe, so he set out toward Baghdādh, leaving his companions behind, promising them that he would return to them because he hoped for recovery. When he reached Baghdādh, his illness intensified, and nothing would stay in his stomach. When he sensed death, he entrusted the succession to his son ʿIzz al-Dawlah Bakhtiyār, displayed repentance, gave away most of his wealth as charity, manumitted his slaves, and returned a great deal to his companions. He died and was buried at Bāb al-Tibn in the cemetery of Quraysh. His emirate lasted twenty-one years, eleven months, and two days. He was forbearing, generous, and intelligent. When Muʿizz al-Dawlah died and his son ʿIzz al-Dawlah sat in the emirate, the people were rained upon for three days and their nights with a continuous rain that prevented the people from moving about. He sent to the commanders and satisfied them, and the sky cleared. They were content and settled, and no one stirred. ʿIzz al-Dawlah wrote to the army to make peace with ʿImrān b. Shāhīn, and they did so and returned. One of the hands of Muʿizz al-Dawlah was cut off. There is disagreement about the reason for its cutting. It is said it was cut off in Kirmān when he went to fight those who were there, and we have mentioned that. It is also said otherwise. He was the one who introduced the affair of the couriers and gave them many stipends for it, because he wanted his news to reach his brother Rukn al-Dawlah quickly. In his days there arose Faḍl and Marʿūsh, and they surpassed all the couriers. Each one of them would travel more than forty farsakhs in a day. The people became partisans for the two of them. One of them was the courier of the Sunnah, and the other the courier of the Shīʿah.
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