Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

of medium stature, slight of build, and dark-complexioned; he lived for seventy-six years and produced more than two hundred works—until the narrator went on to say:

“He died in 413 AH, and eighty thousand people escorted his funeral bier.

It is also said that his writings reached two hundred (1); I have not come across any of them—praise be to Allah. His kunya was Abū ʿAbd Allah.”

214 – Sultan al-Dawla Abū Shujāʿ Fanākhusraw ibn Khurra Firūz al-Daylamī *

He was the ruler of Iraq and Fars. Sultan al-Dawla Abū Shujāʿ Fanākhusraw, son of King Bahāʾ al-Dawla (2) Khurra Firūz, grandson of King ʿAḍud al-Dawla (3) Abū Shujāʿ, great-grandson of Rukn al-Dawla (4) Ḥasan ibn Būya al-Daylamī.

He acceded to power after his father in 403 AH and reigned for twelve years. His vizier was Fakhr al-Mulk (5) Abū Ghālib. The investiture decree for Sultan al-Dawla was proclaimed on behalf of the caliph al-Qādir Billāh (6).

His honorifics were: ʿImād al-Dīn (Pillar of the Faith), Musharraf al-Dawla (Noble of the State), Muʾayyid al-Milla (Supporter of the Religious Community), Mughīth al-Umma (Helper of the Nation), and Ṣafiyy Amīr al-Muʾminīn (Chosen of the Commander of the Faithful).

Then the robes of honour were brought—seven in number, as was the custom—along with a black turban, a jewelled crown, a sword, two bracelets, and a collar,

(1) For his writings, consult Hadiyat al-Arifin, 1/62; manuscript copies are listed in Fuat Sezgin, Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums, 2/278–280. (*) Al-Muntazam, 8/17; al-Kamil, 9/241, 293, 305, 310, 318, 327, 337; al-Mukhtasar fi Akhbar al-Bashar, 2/155; Tatimmat al-Mukhtasar, 2/508; Ibn Khaldun, Tarikh, 4/470–474; al-Nujum al-Zahira, 4/261. (2) His biography has already been given in this volume, no. 106. (3) His biography is cited in volume 16. (4) His biography is cited in volume 16. (5) His biography appeared above under no. 173. (6) His biography is cited in volume 15.
رَبعَةً نَحِيْفاً أَسمرَ، عَاشَ سِتاً وَسَبْعِيْنَ سَنَةً، وَلَهُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ مائَتَي مُصَنَّف - إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ: مَاتَ سَنَةَ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ وَأَرْبَع مائَة، وَشَيَّعَهُ ثَمَانُوْنَ أَلْفاً. وَقِيْلَ: بَلَغَتْ تَوَالِيفُهُ مائَتَيْنِ (١) ، لَمْ أَقِفْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْهَا - وَلله الحَمْدُ -، يُكْنَى أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ. ٢١٤ - سُلْطَانُ الدَّوْلَةِ أَبُو شُجَاعٍ فَنَّاخُسْرُو بنُ خُرَّه فَيْرُوْزَ الدَّيْلَمِيُّ * مَلِكُ العِرَاقِ وَفَارس، سُلْطَانُ الدَّوْلَة، أَبُو شُجَاعٍ فَنَّاخُسْرو ابنُ الْملك بَهَاءِ الدَّوْلَة (٢) خُرَّه فَيْرُوْز ابنِ الملكِ عَضُدِ الدَّوْلَة (٣) أَبِي شُجَاع ابنِ ركن الدَّوْلَة (٤) حَسَن بن بُويه الدَّيْلَمِيّ. تَمَلَّكَ بَعْد أَبِيهِ سَنَةَ ثَلاَثٍ وَأَرْبَع مائَة، فَكَانَتْ أَيَّامُه اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، وَوَزَرَ لَهُ فَخرُ المُلك (٥) أَبُو غَالِبٍ، فَقُرِئ عهدُ سُلْطَانِ الدَّوْلَة مِنَ القَادِرِ بِاللهِ (٦) ، وَالأَلقَابُ: كَانَتْ عمَادَ الدِّيْنِ، مُشَرِّفَ الدَّوْلَة، مُؤَيِّد المِلَّة، مُغِيْثَ الأُمَّة، صَفِيَّ أَمِيْر المُؤْمِنِيْنَ. ثُمَّ أُحضرتِ الخِلَعُ وَهِيَ سبعٌ عَلَى العَادَة، وَعِمَامَةٌ سَوْدَاء، وَتَاجٌ مُرَصَّعٌ، وَسَيْفٌ، وَسِوَارَان، وَطَوْق،
(١) انظر مصنفاته في " هدية العارفين " ١ / ٦٢، وانظر النسخ المخطوطة منها في " تاريخ التراث العربي " لسزكين ٢ / ٢٧٨ - ٢٨٠. (*) المنتظم ٨ / ١٧، الكامل ٩ / ٢٤١، ٢٩٣، ٣٠٥، ٣١٠، ٣١٨، ٣٢٧، ٣٣٧، المختصر في أخبار البشر ٢ / ١٥٥، تتمة المختصر ٢ / ٥٠٨، تاريخ ابن خلدون ٤ / ٤٧٠ - ٤٧٤، النجوم الزاهرة ٤ / ٢٦١. (٢) تقدمت ترجمته في هذا الجزء برقم (١٠٦) . (٣) مرت ترجمته في الجزء السادس عشر. (٤) مرت ترجمته في الجزء السادس عشر. (٥) تقدمت ترجمته برقم (١٧٣) . (٦) مرت ترجمته في الجزء الخامس عشر.

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