Tarikh (al-Tabari) 4356
Then the year 364 AH began
ذِكْرُ مَنْ تُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ مِنَ الْأَكَابِرِ. إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، أَبُو يَعْقُوبَ النَّعَّالِيُّ سَمِعَ أَبَا خَلِيفَةَ، وَجَعْفَرَ الْفِرْيَابِيَّ، وَغَيْرَهُمَا. وَرَوَى عَنْهُ الْبَرْقَانِيُّ وَقَالَ: هُوَ صَدُوقٌ ، وَتُوُفِّيَ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. سَبَكْتَكِينُ حَاجِبُ مُعِزِّ الدَّوْلَةِ خَلَعَ عَلَيْهِ الطَّائِعُ وَطَوَّقَهُ وَسَوَّرَهُ، وَلَقَّبَهُ نَصْرَ الدَّوْلَةِ، فَسَقَطَ سَبَكْتَكِينُ عَنِ الْفَرَسِ، فَانْكَسَرَ ضِلْعُهُ، فَاسْتَدْعَى ابْنُ الصَّلْتِ الْمُجَبِّرَ، فَرَدَّ ضِلْعَهُ وَلَازَمَهُ إِلَى أَنْ بَرَأَ فَأَغْنَاهُ وَأَعْطَاهُ يَوْمَ أَدْخَلَهُ الْحَمَّامَ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ وَفَرَسًا وَمَرْكَبًا وَخَلَعَهُ، وَكَانَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى الرُّكُوبِ وَالْقِيَامِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَالسُّجُودِ، وَلَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى الرُّكُوعِ، وَكَانَ يَقُولُ لِطَبِيبِهِ: إِذَا تَذَكَّرْتُ عَافِيَتِي عَلَى يَدِكَ فَرِحْتُ بِكَ، وَلَمْ أَقْدِرْ عَلَى مُكَافَأَتِكَ، وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتُ حُصُولَ رِجْلَيْكَ عَلَى ظَهْرِي اشْتَدَّ غَيْظِي مِنْكَ. تُوُفِّيَ يَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ لِسَبْعٍ بَقِينَ مِنَ الْمُحَرَّمِ، وَكَانَتْ مُدَّةُ إِمَارَتِهِ شَهْرَيْنِ وَثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا، وَحُمِلَ تَابُوتُهُ إِلَى بَغْدَادَ، فَدُفِنَ فِي تُرْبَةِ ابْنَتِهِ بِالْمُخَرَّمِ، وَخَلَّفَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ دِينَارٍ مُطِيعِيَّةً، وَعَشَرَةَ آلَافِ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ، وَصُنْدُوقَيْنِ فِيهِمَا جَوْهَرٌ، وَسِتِّينَ صُنْدُوقًا مِنْهَا خَمْسَةٌ وَأَرْبَعُونَ فِيهَا آنِيَةُ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ، وَخَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ فِيهَا بِلَّوْرٌ وَمُحْكَمٌ وَمِائَةً وَثَلَاثِينَ مَرْكَبًا ذَهَبًا، مِنْهَا خَمْسُونَ وَزْنُ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ أَلْفُ مِثْقَالٍ، وَسِتُّمِائَةِ مَرْكَبٍ فِضَّةً، وَأَرْبَعَةُ آلَافِ ثَوْبٍ دِيبَاجًا، وَعَشَرَةُ آلَافِ ثَوْبٍ دَبِيقِيًّا وَعَتَّابِيًا، وَغَيْرُ ذَلِكَ، وَثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ عِدْلَ مَعْكُومَةٍ فِيهَا فَرْشٌ، وَثَلَاثَةُ آلَافِ رَأْسِ دَابَّةٍ وَبَغْلًا، وَأَلْفَ رَأْسٍ مِنَ الْجِمَالِ، وَثَلَاثَمِائَةِ غُلَامٍ [ دَارِيَةً ] وَأَرْبَعَةً وَأَرْبَعِينَ خَادِمًا غَيْرَ مَا تَرَكَ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْبَزَّازِ صَاحِبِهِ، وَكَانَ لِسَبَكْتَكِينَ هَذَا دَارُ الْمَمْلَكَةِ الْيَوْمَ. قَالَ: هِلَالُ بْنُ الْمُحْسِنِ: كَانَتْ دَارُ الْمَمْلَكَةِ الَّتِي بِأَعْلَى الْمُخَرَّمِ مُحَاذِيَةً الْفَرَضَةَ لِسَبَكْتَكِينَ غُلَامِ مُعَزِّ الدَّوْلَةِ، فَنَقَضَ عَضُدُ الدَّوْلَةِ أَكْثَرَهَا، وَلَمْ يَسْتَبْقِ إِلَّا الْبَيْتَ السِّتِّينِيَّ الَّذِي هُوَ فِي وَسَطِ أَرْوِقَةٍ مِنْ رِوَائِهَا أَرْوِقَةٌ مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا أَرْوِقَةٌ قِبَابٌ مَعْقُودَةٌ، وَتَنْفَتِحُ أَبْوَابُهُ الْغَرْبِيَّةُ إِلَى دِجْلَةَ، وَأَبْوَابُهُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ إِلَى صَحْنٍ، مِنْ خَلْفِهِ بُسْتَانٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَشَجَرٌ، وَكَانَ عَضُدُ الدَّوْلَةِ جَعَلَ الدَّارَ الَّتِي هَذَا الْبَيْتُ فِيهَا دَارُ الْعَامَّةِ، وَالْبَيْتَ بِرَسْمِ جُلُوسِ الْوُزَرَاءِ، وَمَا يَتَّصِلُ بِهِ مِنَ الْأَرْوِقَةِ، وَالْقِبَابِ مَوَاضِعَ لِلدَّوَاوِينِ وَالصَّحْنَ مَنَامًا لِدَيْلَمِ النُّوبَةِ، فِي لَيَالِي الصَّيْفِ، قَالَ هِلَالٌ: وَهَذِهِ الدَّارُ وَمَا تَحْتَوِي عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ الْمَذْكُورِ وَالْأَرْوِقَةِ خَرَابٌ، وَلَقَدْ شَاهَدْتُ مَجْلِسَ الْوُزَرَاءِ فِي ذَلِكَ وَمَحْفِلَ مَنْ يَقْصِدُهُمْ وَيَحْضُرُهُمْ، وَقَدْ جَعَلَهُ جَلَالُ الدَّوْلَةِ اصْطَبْلًا أَقَامَ فِيهِ دَوَابَّهُ وَسُوَّاسَهُ، وَأَمَّا مَا بَنَاهُ عَضُدُ الدَّوْلَةِ وَوَلَدُهُ بَعْدَهُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الدَّارِ فَهُوَ مُتَمَاسِكٌ عَلَى تَشَعُّثِهِ. قَالَ ابْنُ ثَابِتٍ: وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ طُغْرُلُ بِكِ الْغَزِّيُّ بَغْدَادَ، وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا، عَمَّرَ هَذِهِ الدَّارَ، وَجَدَّدَ كَثِيرًا مِمَّا [ كَانَ ] وَهِيَ مِنْهَا سَنَةُ ثَمَانٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ وَأَرْبَعِمِائَةٍ، فَمَكَثَتْ كَذَلِكَ إِلَى سَنَةِ خَمْسِينَ وَأَرْبَعِ مِائَةٍ ثُمَّ احْتَرَقَتْ، وَسَلِمَتْ أَكْثَرُ آلَاتِهَا، ثُمَّ عُمِّرَتْ بَعْدُ، وَأُعِيدَ كَمَا كَانَ وَهِيَ مِنْهَا. قَالَ: [ الْقَاضِي ] أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُحْسِنِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ: مَاشَيْتُ الْمَلِكَ عَضُدَ الدَّوْلَةِ فِي دَارِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ بِالْمُخَرَّمِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ دَارَ سَبَكْتَكِينَ حَاجِبِ مُعِزِّ الدَّوْلَةِ مِنْ قَبْلُ، وَهُوَ يَتَأَمَّلُ مَا عُمِلَ وَهُدِمَ مِنْهَا، وَقَدْ كَانَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَزِيدَ فِي الْمَيْدَانِ السَّبَكْتَكِينِيِّ أَذْرُعًا لِيَجْعَلَهُ بُسْتَانًا، وَيَرُدَّ بَدَلَ التُّرَابِ رَمْلًا، وَيَطْرَحَ التُّرَابَ تَحْتَ الرَّوْشَنِ عَلَى دِجْلَةَ، وَقَدِ ابْتَاعَ دُورًا كَثِيرَةً كِبَارًا وَصِغَارًا، وَنَقَضَهَا وَرَمَى حِيطَانَهَا بِالْفِيَلَةِ تَخْفِيفًا لِلْمَئُونَةِ، وَأَضَافَ عَرَصَاتِهَا إِلَى الْمَيْدَانِ، وَكَانَتْ مِثْلَ الْمَيْدَانِ دُفْعَتَيْنِ وَبَنَى عَلَى الْجَمِيعِ مَسْنَاةً، فَقَالَ لِي فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، وَقَدْ شَاهَدَ مَا شَاهَدَ: تَدْرِي أَيُّهَا الْقَاضِي كَمْ أُنْفِقَ عَلَى مَا قُلِعَ مِنَ التُّرَابِ إِلَى هَذِهِ الْغَايَةِ، وَبِنَاءِ هَذِهِ الْمَسْنَاةِ السَّخِيفَةِ، مَعَ ثَمَنِ مَا ابْتِيعَ مِنَ الدُّورِ وَاسْتُضِيفَ ؟ قُلْتُ: أَظُنُّهُ شَيْئًا كَثِيرًا. فَقَالَ لِي: هُوَ إِلَى وَقْتِنَا هَذَا سَبْعُمِائَةِ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ صِحَاحًا، وَيُحْتَاجُ إِلَى مِثْلِهَا دُفْعَةً أَوْ دُفْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى يَتَكَامَلَ قَلْعُ التُّرَابِ، وَيَحْصُلَ مَوْضِعَهُ الرَّمْلُ، مُوَازِيًا لِوَجْهِ الْبُسْتَانِ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَصَارَ الْبُسْتَانُ أَرْضًا بَيْضَاءَ لَا شَيْءَ فِيهَا مِنْ غَرْسٍ وَلَا نَبَاتٍ، قَالَ: قَدْ أَنْفَقَ عَلَى هَذَا حَتَّى صَارَ كَذَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَلْفَيْ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ، ثُمَّ فَكَّرَ فِي أَنْ يَجْعَلَ شُرْبَ الْبُسْتَانِ مِنْ دَوَالِيبَ يَنْصِبُهَا عَلَى دِجْلَةَ، وَعَلِمَ أَنَّ الدَّوَالِيبَ لَا تَكْفِي، فَأَخْرَجَ الْمُهَنْدِسِينَ إِلَى الْأَنْهَارِ الَّتِي فِي ظَاهِرِ الْجَانِبِ الشَّرْقِيِّ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ السَّلَامِ، لِيَسْتَخْرِجُوا مِنْهَا نَهْرًا يَسِيحُ مَاؤُهُ إِلَى دَارِهِ، فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا مَا أَرَادُوهُ إِلَّا فِي نَهْرِ الْخَالِصِ، فَعَلَى الْأَرْضِ بَيْنَ الْبَلَدِ وَبَيْنَهُ تَعْلِيَةٌ، أَمْكَنَ مَعَهَا أَنْ يَجْرِيَ الْمَاءُ عَلَى قَدْرٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَحْدُثَ بِهِ ضَرَرٌ، وَعَمِلَ تَلَّيْنِ عَظِيمَيْنِ يُسَاوِيَانِ سَطْحَ مَاءِ الْخَالِصِ، وَيَرْتَفِعَانِ عَنْ أَرْضِ الصَّحْرَاءِ أَذْرُعًا، وَشَقَّ فِي وَسَطِهِمَا نَهْرًا جَعَلَ لَهُ خَوْرَيْنِ مِنْ جَانِبَيْهِ، وَدَاسَ الْجَمِيعَ بِالْفِيَلَةِ دَوْسًا كَثِيرًا حَتَّى قَوِيَ وَاشْتَدَّ وَصَلُبَ وَتَلَبَّدَ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ إِلَى مَنَازِلِ الْبَلَدِ وَأَرَادَ سَوْقَ النَّهْرِ إِلَى دَارِهِ عَمِدَ إِلَى دُورِ السِّلْسِلَةِ، فَدَكَّ أَرْضَهَا دَكًّا قَوِيًّا، وَرَفَعَ أَبْوَابَ الدُّورِ، وَأَوْثَقَهَا، وَبَنَى جَوَانِبَ النَّهْرِ طُولَ الْبَلَدِ بِالْآجُرِّ وَالْكَلْسِ وَالنَّوْرَةِ، حَتَّى وَصَلَ الْمَاءُ إِلَى الدَّارِ، وَسَقَى الْبُسْتَانَ. قَالَ أَبِي: وَبَلَغَتِ النَّفَقَةُ عَلَى عَمَلِ الْبُسْتَانِ وَسَوْقِ الْمَاءِ إِلَيْهِ عَلَى مَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ حَوَاشِي عَضُدِ الدَّوْلَةِ: خَمْسَةَ آلَافِ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ، وَلَعَلَّهُ قَدْ أَنْفَقَ عَلَى أَبْنِيَةِ الدَّارِ مَا أَظُنُّ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَكَانَ عَضُدُ الدَّوْلَةِ عَازِمًا عَلَى أَنْ يَهْدِمَ الدُّورَ الَّتِي بَيْنَ دَارِهِ وَبَيْنَ الزَّاهِرِ، وَيَصِلَ الدَّارَ بِالزَّاهِرِ، فَمَاتَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ. عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى، أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الْمُخَرِّمِيُّ الصُّوفِيُّ سَافَرَ الْكَثِيرَ، وَلَقِيَ الشُّيُوخَ، وَحَدَّثَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ، وَأَبِي عَرُوبَةَ الْحَرَّانِيِّ، رَوَى عَنْهُ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً حَسَنَ الْأَخْلَاقِ مُتَزَهِّدًا ، أَقَامَ بِمَكَّةَ سِنِينَ، وَتُوُفِّيَ بِهَا فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. الْفَضْلُ الْمُطِيعُ لِلَّهِ، أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ [ ابْنُ الْمُقْتَدِرِ ] قَدْ ذَكَرْنَا أَنَّهُ خَلَعَ نَفْسَهُ لِأَجْلِ مَرَضٍ لَازَمَهُ، وَوَلَّى ابْنَهُ الطَّائِعَ، وَأَشْهَدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الْقُضَاةَ وَالْعُدُولَ، وَكَانَتْ خِلَافَتُهُ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً وَأَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَوَاحِدٍ وَعِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا، وَخَرَجَ الطَّائِعُ إِلَى وَاسِطٍ وَحَمَلَ مَعَهُ أَبَاهُ الْمُطِيعَ، فَمَاتَ فِي الْعَسْكَرِ بِدَيْرِ الْعَاقُولِ فِي مُحَرَّمٍ هَذِهِ السَّنَةَ، فَكَانَ عُمْرُهُ ثَلَاثًا وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً، وَحُمِلَ إِلَى بَغْدَادَ، فَدُفِنَ بِتُرْبَةِ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ الْمُقْتَدِرِ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَبُو بَكْرٍ الشَّاهِدُ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِالرَّبِيعِيِّ حَدَّثَ عَنِ ابْنِ جَرِيرٍ الطَّبَرِيِّ، وَغَيْرِهِ، رَوَى عَنْهُ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْبَقَّالُ وَغَيْرُهُ، وَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي الْفَوَارِسِ: تُوُفِّيَ فِي سَنَةِ أَرْبَعٍ وَسِتِّينَ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ، وَفِيهِ نَظَرٌ. مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَدْرٍ، أَبُو بَكْرٍ كَانَ وَالِدُهُ يُعْرَفُ بِبَدْرٍ الْحِمَامِيِّ غُلَامَ ابْنِ طُولُونَ، وَيُسَمَّى؛ بَدْرٌ الْكَبِيرُ، كَانَ أَمِيرًا عَلَى بِلَادِ فَارِسَ كُلِّهَا، وَتُوُفِّيَ بِتِلْكَ النَّوَاحِي، فَقَامَ ابْنُهُ مُحَمَّدٌ فِي النَّاحِيَةِ مَقَامَهُ وَكَتَبَ السُّلْطَانُ إِلَيْهِ بِالْوِلَايَةِ مَكَانَ أَبِيهِ وَكَتَبَ إِلَى مَنْ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْقُوَّادِ بِالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ لَهُ، فَكَانَ أَمِيرًا عَلَى بِلَادِ فَارِسَ مُدَّةً، ثُمَّ قَدِمَ بَغْدَادَ، وَحَدَّثَ بِهَا عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ الدِّمْيَاطِيِّ، وَحَمَّادِ بْنِ مُدْرِكٍ، وَغَيْرِهِمَا. رَوَى عَنْهُ الدَّارَقُطْنِيُّ، وَأَبُو نُعَيْمٍ [ الْأَصْبِهَانِيُّ ] وَغَيْرُهُمَا، وَقَالَ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ: ثِقَةٌ صَحِيحُ السَّمَاعِ . قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ: حُدِّثْتُ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْفُرَاتِ قَالَ: تُوُفِّيَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَدْرٍ الْحِمَامِيِّ فِي رَجَبٍ سَنَةَ أَرْبَعٍ وَسِتِّينَ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ فِيمَا عَلِمْتُهُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مِنْ أَهْلِ هَذَا الشَّأْنِ، يَعْنِي الْحَدِيثَ، وَلَا يُحْسِنُهُ، وَكَانَ لَهُ مَذْهَبٌ فِي الرَّفْضِ. قَالَ أَحْمَدُ: وَبِبَغْدَادَ كَانَتْ وَفَاتُهُ. مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ ثَابِتِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ قَدِمَ بَغْدَادَ، وَحَدَّثَ بِهَا عَنْ عَبَّاسٍ الدُّورِيِّ وَغَيْرِهِ، رَوَى عَنْهُ ابْنُ شَاهِينَ وَالْكَتَّانِيُّ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً .
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✧ Mention of the notables who died in this year. Isḥāq b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq, Abū Yaʿqūb al-Naʿʿālī He heard (ḥadīth from) Abū Khalīfah, Jaʿfar al-Firyābī, and others. Al-Barqānī narrated from him and said: "He is truthful (ṣadūq)." He died on the Day of Sacrifice (Yawm al-Naḥr) of this year. Sabuktakīn, the chamberlain (ḥājib) of Muʿizz al-Dawlah Al-Ṭāʾiʿ bestowed upon him a robe of honor, collared him, and bracelet(ed) him, and gave him the title Naṣr al-Dawlah. Then Sabuktakīn fell from his horse and broke his rib. He summoned Ibn al-Ṣalt, the bone-setter, who set his rib and attended him until he recovered. He then enriched him and gave him, on the day he entered him into the bathhouse, a thousand dinars, a horse, a riding beast, and a robe of honor. He was able to ride, to stand in prayer, and to prostrate, but was unable to bow (rukūʿ). He would say to his physician: "When I remember my recovery at your hands, I rejoice in you and cannot repay you; and when I remember your feet upon my back, my anger against you intensifies." He died on Tuesday, seven nights remaining of al-Muḥarram. The duration of his emirate was two months and thirteen days. His coffin was carried to Baghdad and he was buried in the burial plot of his daughter in al-Mukharrim. He left behind a million Muṭīʿī dinars, ten million dirhams, two chests containing jewels, and sixty chests, forty-five of which contained vessels of gold and silver and fifteen of which contained crystal and muḥkam (finished goods); and one hundred and thirty gold saddles (markab), fifty of which weighed a thousand mithqals each; and six hundred silver saddles; and four thousand garments of silk brocade (dībāj); and ten thousand garments of Dabīqī and ʿAttābī cloth, and other things; and three hundred bales packed with furnishings; and three thousand head of riding beasts and mules; and a thousand head of camels; and three hundred slave boys [trained in household service] and forty-four male servants, besides what he left with Abū Bakr al-Bazzāz, his associate. This Sabuktakīn owned Dār al-Mamlakah (the Palace of the Kingdom), which exists today. Hilāl b. al-Muḥsin said: The Dār al-Mamlakah, which is in upper al-Mukharrim, opposite al-Faraḍah, belonged to Sabuktakīn, the slave (ghulām) of Muʿizz al-Dawlah. ʿAḍud al-Dawlah demolished most of it, and left nothing except the sixty-cubit hall (al-bayt al-sittīnī), which is in the middle of porticoes; from its porticoes are porticoes on its sides: domed porticoes. Its western doors open onto the Tigris, and its eastern doors open onto a courtyard, behind which is an orchard with palm trees and other trees. ʿAḍud al-Dawlah made the palace, in which this hall is located, the public palace (Dār al-ʿĀmmah), with the hall designated for the seating of the viziers, and the adjoining porticoes and domes as places for the dīwāns, and the courtyard as a sleeping place for the Daylam of the guard (nawbah) on summer nights. Hilāl said: "This palace, with all it contains of the aforementioned hall and porticoes, is in ruins. Indeed, I witnessed the assembly of the viziers therein, and the gathering of those who sought them and attended upon them. Jalāl al-Dawlah made it into a stable, lodging his mounts and their grooms there. As for what ʿAḍud al-Dawlah built, and his sons after him, of this palace, it remains intact despite its dilapidation." Ibn Thābit said: When Tughril Bek the Ghuzz entered Baghdad and took possession of it, he rebuilt this palace and renewed much of what [was] ruined of it in the year 448 AH. It remained thus until the year 450 AH, then it burned, and most of its furnishings were saved. Then it was rebuilt afterward and restored as it had been, and it is ruined [now]. He said: [Al-Qāḍī] Abū al-Qāsim ʿAlī b. al-Muḥsin said: I heard my father say: I walked with the king ʿAḍud al-Dawlah in Dār al-Mamlakah in al-Mukharrim, which had previously been the palace of Sabuktakīn, the chamberlain of Muʿizz al-Dawlah, while he was inspecting what had been built and demolished of it. He had wanted to increase the Sabuktakīnī square by some cubits to turn it into an orchard, to replace the earth with sand, and to cast the earth beneath the roshan (projecting balcony) onto the Tigris. He had purchased many houses, large and small, demolished them, and toppled their walls using elephants to reduce the labor, and added their plots to the square. Their area was like the square twice over, and he built a retaining wall (masnāh) over all of it. On that day, having witnessed what he witnessed, he said to me: "Do you know, O qāḍī, how much has been spent on the earth that has been excavated to this point, and on the construction of this flimsy retaining wall, along with the price of the houses that were purchased and added?" I said: "I suppose it is a great deal." He said to me: "Up to this time it is seven hundred thousand sound (ṣiḥāḥ) dirhams, and the like thereof will be needed once or twice more until the digging of the earth is completed and sand takes its place, level with the surface of the orchard." When he had finished that and the orchard became a white ground with nothing in it of planting or vegetation, he said: "More than two million dirhams have been spent on this until it became thus." Then he considered making the irrigation of the orchard by means of waterwheels (dawālīb) that he would set up on the Tigris, and he knew that the waterwheels would not suffice. So he dispatched engineers to the canals that are outside the eastern side of the City of Peace (Madīnat al-Salām), to derive from them a canal whose water would flow to his palace. They did not find what he wanted except in the Khāliṣ Canal. The land between the city and it was elevated, so it was possible for the water to flow on a certain measure without causing harm. He constructed two great mounds that were level with the water surface of the Khāliṣ and rose above the desert ground by some cubits, and dug a canal in their midst, making for it two side channels (khawrān) on either side. He tamped all of it with elephants, much tamping, until it became strong, firm, hard, and compact. When he reached the dwellings of the city and wanted to bring the canal to his palace, he went to the houses of al-Silsilah, leveled their ground with a powerful leveling, raised the doors of the houses and secured them, and built the sides of the canal along the length of the city with baked brick, quicklime, and lime plaster, until the water reached the palace and irrigated the orchard. My father said: The expenditure on the construction of the orchard and the bringing of water to it, as I heard from the entourage of ʿAḍud al-Dawlah, reached five million dirhams. And perhaps he spent on the buildings of the palace what I suppose was the like thereof. ʿAḍud al-Dawlah was resolved to demolish the houses between his palace and al-Ẓāhir and to connect the palace to al-Ẓāhir, but he died before that. ʿAbd al-Salām b. Muḥammad b. Abī Mūsā, Abū al-Qāsim al-Mukharrimī al-Ṣūfī He traveled widely, met the shaykhs, and narrated from Abū Bakr b. Abī Dāwūd and Abū ʿArūbah al-Ḥarrānī. Abū Nuʿaym al-Aṣbahānī narrated from him. He was trustworthy (thiqah), of good character, and ascetic. He resided in Makkah for years and died there in this year. Al-Faḍl al-Muṭīʿ li-llāh, Commander of the Faithful [son of al-Muqtadir] We have mentioned that he abdicated on account of an illness that afflicted him, appointed his son al-Ṭāʾiʿ, and called the judges and notaries to witness against himself. His caliphate lasted twenty-nine years, four months, and twenty-one days. Al-Ṭāʾiʿ went out to Wāsiṭ carrying with him his father al-Muṭīʿ, and he died in the army at Dayr al-ʿĀqūl in Muḥarram of this year. He was sixty-three years old. He was carried to Baghdad and buried in the burial plot of his grandmother, the mother of al-Muqtadir. Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad, Abū Bakr al-Shāhid, known as al-Rabīʿī He narrated from Ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī and others. Abū al-Qāsim ʿUbayd Allāh b. ʿUmar al-Baqqāl and others narrated from him. Ibn Abī al-Fawāris said: "He died in the year 364 AH," and there is some doubt about that. Muḥammad b. Badr, Abū Bakr His father was known as Badr al-Ḥammāmī, the slave (ghulām) of Ibn Ṭūlūn, and was called Badr al-Kabīr. He was amir over all the lands of Fārs, and died in those regions. His son Muḥammad took his place in the region, and the sultan wrote to him granting him the governorship in place of his father, and wrote to the commanders who were with him to obey and submit to him. He was amir over the lands of Fārs for a period. Then he came to Baghdad and narrated there from Bakr b. Sahl al-Dimyāṭī, Ḥammād b. Mudrik, and others. Al-Dāraquṭnī, Abū Nuʿaym [al-Aṣbahānī], and others narrated from him. Abū Nuʿaym said: "Trustworthy (thiqah), sound in audition (ṣaḥīḥ al-samāʿ)." Aḥmad b. ʿAlī said: I was told on the authority of Abū al-Ḥasan b. al-Furāt, who said: "Muḥammad b. Badr al-Ḥammāmī died in Rajab of the year 364 AH. He was trustworthy, God willing, as far as I know, but he was not of the people of this discipline—meaning ḥadīth—nor did he excel in it. He held a doctrine of Shīʿism (rafḍ)." Aḥmad said: "His death was in Baghdad." Muḥammad b. Thābit b. Aḥmad, Abū Bakr al-Wāsiṭī He came to Baghdad and narrated there from ʿAbbās al-Dūrī and others. Ibn Shāhīn and al-Kattānī narrated from him. He was trustworthy (thiqah).
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