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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

the Umayyad, upon whom they conferred the honorific al-Murtadā. They marched on Granada, but soon regretted their pledge of allegiance when they saw the force of his domination; so they withdrew from him and secretly arranged his assassination.

The Idrisid’s rule lasted twenty-two months. After that, some of his own Slav pages murdered him in a bathhouse toward the end of 408 AH, whereupon his brother al-Qāsim (1) assumed authority.

ʿAlī left two sons, Idrīs (2) and Yaḥyā al-Muʿtalī (3); our shaykh Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Idrīsī is descended from al-Muʿtalī.

Ibn Bābak ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn Manṣūr al-Baghdādī *

He was the pre-eminent poet of his age: Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn Manṣūr ibn Bābak al-Baghdādī. His collected poems—his dīwān—fill two volumes.

He travelled widely, praising the great men of his day. When the vizier Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbbād received him and asked, “Are you Ibn Bābak? (4)” he replied, “No, I am Ibn Bābik—‘the son of your own door,’” which pleased him (5).

He died in 410 AH (6).

(1) His biography appeared earlier under no. 81. (2) His biography appeared earlier under no. 85. (3) His biography appeared earlier under no. 82. (*) Principal sources: Yatimat al-dahr 3/374–381; Al-Muntazam 7/295; Wafayat al-ayan 3/196–198; Al-Ibar 3/102–103; Al-Nujum al-zahira 4/245–246; Maahid al-tanassis 1/64; Shadharat al-dhahab 3/191. (4) Wafayat al-ayan records the phrase: “Aanta Babaka al-shaʿir?” (“Are you Babak the poet?”). (5) Wafayat al-ayan, 3/196–197. (6) For samples of his verse, consult Yatimat al-dahr, Maahid al-tanassis, and Wafayat al-ayan; one of his lines opens =

الأُمَوِيّ، وَلَقَّبُوهُ بِالمُرْتَضَى، وَنَازَلُوا غَرْنَاطَة، ثُمَّ نَدِمُوا عَلَى بَيْعَتِهِ لِمَا رَأَوا مِنْ صَوْلَتِهِ، فَتَنَقَّلُوا عَنْهُ، وَدَسُّوا مَنْ قَتَلَه غِيْلَةً. وكَانَتْ دَوْلَةُ الإِدْرِيْسِيّ اثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِيْنَ شَهْراً، ثُمَّ قَتَلَهُ غِلْمَانٌ لَهُ صَقَالبَةُ فِي حَمَّامٍ، فِي أَواخِرَ سَنَة ثَمَانٍ وَأَرْبَعِ مائَة، فَقَامَ بَعْدَهُ أَخُوْهُ القَاسِم (١) . وَتَرَكَ عَلِيٌّ مِنَ الوَلَد إِدْرِيْس (٢) وَيَحْيَى المُعْتَلِي (٣) ، فَشَيْخُنَا جَعْفَرُ بنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الإِدْرِيْسِيّ مِنْ نَسْلِ المُعْتَلِي. ١٧١ - ابْنُ بَابَكَ عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بنُ مَنْصُوْرٍ البَغْدَادِيُّ * شَاعِرُ وَقْته، أَبُو القَاسِمِ عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بنُ مَنْصُوْرِ بنِ بَابَكَ البَغْدَادِيُّ. وَ (دِيْوَانُهُ) كَبِيْرٌ فِي مُجَلَّدين. طَوَّفَ النَّوَاحِي، وَمَدَحَ الكِبَارَ، وَلَمَّا سَأَلَهُ الصَّاحِبُ إِسْمَاعِيْلُ بنُ عَبَّاد وَقَدْ وَفَدَ عَلَيْهِ: أَأَنْتَ ابْنُ بَابَك (٤) ؟ قَالَ: بَلْ أَنَا ابْنُ بَابِك، فَأَعْجَبَهُ ذَلِكَ (٥) . تُوُفِّيَ: سَنَةَ عشرٍ وَأَرْبَع مائَة (٦) .

(١) تقدمت ترجمته برقم (٨١) . (٢) تقدمت ترجمته برقم (٨٥) . (٣) تقدمت ترجمته برقم (٨٢) . (*) يتيمة الدهر ٣ / ٣٧٤ - ٣٨١، المنتظم ٧ / ٢٩٥، وفيات الأعيان ٣ / ١٩٦ - ١٩٨، العبر ٣ / ١٠٢، ١٠٣، النجوم الزاهرة ٤ / ٢٤٥، ٢٤٦، معاهد التنصيص ١ / ٦٤، شذرات الذهب ٣ / ١٩١. (٤) في " وفيات الأعيان ": أأنت بابك الشاعر؟ (٥) " وفيات الأعيان " ٣ / ١٩٦، ١٩٧. (٦) انظر نماذج من شعره في " اليتيمة " و" معاهد التنصيص " و" وفيات الأعيان " وله بيت =