the state’s resources on the troops, installed administrators, and distributed arms among the populace (1).

He followed the path of upright rulers, and the people’s affairs remained orderly under him until he passed away in Ṣafar, 435 AH.

After him, his son—the chieftain Abū al-Walid Muḥammad ibn Jahwar—assumed authority. In politics he trod exactly in his father’s footsteps and continued in that manner for several years.

His father Abū al-Ḥazm was counted among the leading scholars. He narrated ḥadith from Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mufarrij, Khalaf ibn al-Qāsim, ʿAbbās ibn Aṣbagh, and others, while Muḥammad ibn ʿAttāb and others transmitted from him. Earlier he had been one of the junior viziers in the administration of Ibn Abī ʿĀmir.

He used to say, “I am holding the reins of the people’s affairs until someone fit for the caliphate is made ready for them.”

Thus he wielded sovereignty while dispensing with its title. Surplus revenues he placed on deposit with merchants, investing them in profit-sharing ventures (2).

Clad in the garb of the righteous, he visited the sick and attended funerals; he enjoyed great prestige and his orders were obeyed. He lived to the age of seventy-one.

As for his son:

84 – Abū al-Walid ibn Jahwar ibn Muḥammad al-Qurṭubī*