Ibn Khallikān relates: He died in 358 AH.
As for ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Shimshāṭī, he records that the death occurred on Friday, the twelfth of Rabīʿ al-Awwal in 357 AH; the cause was first colic and then dysentery. (1)
His brother showed deference to him and wrote:
“I was content to grant you the heights—for you were worthy of them;
I told the people, ‘There is a gulf between me and my brother.’
It was not that I recoiled from them; rather,
I relinquished my claim so that the right might rest with you alone.
Yet I must still be the runner-up,
And I am pleased for the first place to be yours.” (2)
Nāṣir al-Dawla’s rule lasted a little over twenty years.
He cultivated cordial relations with the Būyids.
In 369 AH al-Ghadanfar met the Egyptian army at Ramla; his forces were broken, he was captured, and he was put to the sword in cold blood.
132 – Sayf al-Dawla Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥamdān*
Lord of Aleppo, destination of delegations, Kaʿbah of generosity, knight of Islam, and bearer of the banner of jihad.
He was a cultivated man, graceful in verse, with a leaning toward Shiʿism.