Tarikh (al-Tabari) 4286
Then the year 359 AH began
ذِكْرُ مَسِيرِ ابْنِ الْعَمِيدِ إِلَى حَسْنُوَيْهِ وَفِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ جَهَّزَ رُكْنُ الدَّوْلَةِ وَزِيرَهُ أَبَا الْفَضْلِ بْنَ الْعَمِيدِ فِي جَيْشٍ كَثِيفٍ، وَسَيَّرَهُمْ إِلَى بَلَدِ حَسْنُوَيْهِ. وَكَانَ سَبَبُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ حَسْنُوَيْهِ بْنَ الْحَسَنِ الْكُرْدِيَّ كَانَ قَدْ قَوِيَ وَاسْتَفْحَلَ أَمْرُهُ لِاشْتِغَالِ رُكْنِ الدَّوْلَةِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهَمُّ مِنْهُ، وَلِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يُعِينُ الدَّيْلَمَ عَلَى جُيُوشِ خُرَاسَانَ إِذَا قَصَدَتْهُمْ، فَكَانَ رُكْنُ الدَّوْلَةِ يُرَاعِيهِ لِذَلِكَ وَيُغْضِي عَلَى مَا يَبْدُو مِنْهُ، وَكَانَ يَتَعَرَّضُ إِلَى الْقَوَافِلِ وَغَيْرِهَا بِخِفَارَةٍ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رُكْنَ الدَّوْلَةِ، فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُ. فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْآنَ وَقَعَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ سَهْلَانَ بْنِ مُسَافِرٍ خِلَافٌ أَدَّى إِلَى أَنْ قَصَدَهُ سَهْلَانُ وَحَارَبَهُ، وَهَزَمَهُ حَسْنُوَيْهِ، فَانْحَازَ هُوَ وَأَصْحَابُهُ إِلَى مَكَانٍ اجْتَمَعُوا فِيهِ، فَقَصْدَهُمْ حَسْنُوَيْهِ وَحَصَرَهُمْ فِيهِ، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ جَمَعَ مِنَ الشَّوْكِ وَالنَّبَاتِ وَغَيْرِهِ شَيْئًا كَثِيرًا، وَفَرَّقَهُ فِي نَوَاحِي أَصْحَابِ سَهْلَانَ وَأَلْقَى فِيهِ النَّارَ، وَكَانَ الزَّمَانُ صَيْفًا، فَاشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَمْرُ حَتَّى كَادُوا يَهْلَكُونَ، فَلَمَّا عَايَنُوا الْهَلَاكَ طَلَبُوا الْأَمَانَ فَأَمَّنَهُمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَنْ آخِرِهِمْ. وَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رُكْنَ الدَّوْلَةِ فَلَمْ يَتَحَمَّلْ لَهُ، فَحِينَئِذٍ أَمَرَ ابْنَ الْعَمِيدِ بِالْمَسِيرِ إِلَيْهِ، فَتَجَهَّزَ وَسَارَ فِي الْمُحَرَّمِ وَمَعَهُ وَلَدُهُ أَبُو الْفَتْحِ، وَكَانَ شَابًّا مَرِحًا، قَدْ أَبْطَرَهُ الشَّبَابُ وَالْأَمْرُ وَالنَّهْيُ، وَكَانَ يَظْهَرُ مِنْهُ مَا يَغْضَبُ بِسَبَبِهِ وَالِدُهُ، وَازْدَادَتْ عِلَّتُهُ، وَكَانَ بِهِ نِقْرِسٌ وَغَيْرُهُ مِنَ الْأَمْرَاضِ. فَلَمَّا وَصَلَ إِلَى هَمَذَانَ تُوُفِّيَ بِهَا، وَقَامَ وَلَدُهُ مَقَامَهُ، فَصَالَحَ حَسْنُوَيْهِ عَلَى مَالٍ أَخَذَهُ مِنْهُ، وَعَادَ إِلَى الرَّيِّ إِلَى خِدْمَةِ رُكْنِ الدَّوْلَةِ. وَكَانَ وَالِدُهُ يَقُولُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ: مَا قَتَلَنِي إِلَّا وَلَدِي، وَمَا أَخَافُ عَلَى بَيْتِ الْعَمِيدِ أَنْ يُخَرَّبَ وَيَهْلَكُوا إِلَّا مِنْهُ. فَكَانَ عَلَى مَا ظَنَّ. وَكَانَ أَبُو الْفَضْلِ بْنُ الْعَمِيدِ بْنِ مَحَاسِنِ الدُّنْيَا، قَدِ اجْتَمَعَ فِيهِ مَا لَمْ يَجْتَمِعْ فِي غَيْرِهِ مِنْ حُسْنِ التَّدْبِيرِ، وَسِيَاسَةِ الْمُلْكِ، وَالْكِتَابَةِ الَّتِي أَتَى فِيهَا بِكُلِّ بَدِيعٍ. وَكَانَ عَالِمًا فِي عِدَّةِ فُنُونٍ مِنْهَا الْأَدَبُ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الْعُلَمَاءِ بِهِ، ( وَمِنْهَا حِفْظُ أَشْعَارِ الْعَرَبِ، فَإِنَّهُ حَفِظَ مِنْهَا مَا لَمْ يَحْفَظْ غَيْرُهُ مِثْلَهُ )، وَمِنْهَا عُلُومُ الْأَوَائِلِ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ مَاهِرًا فِيهَا مَعَ سَلَامَةِ اعْتِقَادٍ، إِلَى غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْفَضَائِلِ، وَمَعَ حُسْنِ خُلُقٍ وَلِينِ عِشْرَةٍ مَعَ أَصْحَابِهِ وَجُلَسَائِهِ، وَشَجَاعَةٍ تَامَّةٍ، وَمَعْرِفَةٍ بِأُمُورِ الْحَرْبِ وَالْمُحَاصَرَاتِ، وَبِهِ تَخَرَّجَ عَضُدُ الدَّوْلَةِ، وَمِنْهُ تَعَلَّمَ سِيَاسَةَ الْمُلْكِ، وَمَحَبَّةَ الْعِلْمِ وَالْعُلَمَاءِ، وَكَانَ عُمْرُ ابْنِ الْعَمِيدِ قَدْ زَادَ عَلَى سِتِّينَ سَنَةً يَسِيرًا، وَكَانَتْ وِزَارَتُهُ أَرْبَعًا وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.
Translation
✧ Mention of Ibn al-ʿAmīd's march against Ḥasanūyah In this year, Rukn al-Dawlah equipped his vizier Abū al-Faḍl b. al-ʿAmīd with a large army and dispatched them to the land of Ḥasanūyah. The reason for this was that Ḥasanūyah b. al-Ḥasan al-Kurdī had grown strong and his affairs had become formidable, because Rukn al-Dawlah was preoccupied with matters more important than him, and because he used to aid the Daylamites against the armies of Khurāsān when they attacked them. So Rukn al-Dawlah was considerate of him for that reason and overlooked what appeared from him. He used to attack caravans and others by way of raiding. This reached Rukn al-Dawlah, but he remained silent about it. Now, there arose a dispute between him and Sahlān b. Musāfir which led to Sahlān marching against him and fighting him, and Ḥasanūyah defeated him. He and his companions withdrew to a place where they gathered together. Ḥasanūyah marched against them and besieged them there. Then he gathered a great amount of thorns, plants, and other things, and scattered them around the areas of Sahlān's companions and set fire to them. It was summer time, so the situation became severe for them until they were on the verge of perishing. When they saw destruction before their eyes, they sought safety, and he granted them safety, and he seized them all to the last man. This reached Rukn al-Dawlah, and he could not bear it from him. So then he ordered Ibn al-ʿAmīd to march against him. He prepared and set out in Muḥarram, accompanied by his son Abū al-Fatḥ, who was a merry youth, made reckless by youth and the exercise of command and prohibition. He used to show behavior that angered his father because of it, and his illness increased; he suffered from gout and other diseases. When he reached Hamadhān, he died there, and his son took his place. He made peace with Ḥasanūyah for money he took from him, and returned to al-Rayy to serve Rukn al-Dawlah. His father used to say at his death: "Nothing killed me except my son, and I do not fear for the house of al-ʿAmīd that it will be ruined and they will perish except from him." And it was as he suspected. Abū al-Faḍl b. al-ʿAmīd b. Maḥāsin al-Dunyā had combined in himself what had not been combined in anyone else: excellence in management, the politics of kingship, and writing in which he produced every novel thing. He was learned in several disciplines, among them literature, for he was one of its scholars; among them the memorization of Arabic poetry, for he memorized what no one else memorized the like of; among them the sciences of the ancients, for he was skilled in them together with sound belief; in addition to other virtues. And along with good character and gentle companionship with his associates and companions of his assemblies, complete courage, and knowledge of matters of war and sieges. By him ʿAḍud al-Dawlah was trained, and from him he learned the politics of kingship and the love of knowledge and scholars. Ibn al-ʿAmīd's age had exceeded sixty years by a little, and his vizierate lasted twenty-four years.
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