Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

hundred and four AH, because he had proved untrustworthy while supervising one of the bureaus. In 409 AH the ruler’s anger subsided, and he appointed him to head the Bureau of Expenditure. His position then continued to rise until he was made vizier in 418 AH. The judge Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Qudāʿī used to write the official endorsement on his behalf, which read, “Praise be to Allah; thanks for His favor.” ⦗1⦘
He was courageous, efficient, politically astute, and noted for his integrity and chastity.
Jāsūs al-Falak lampooned him in a few verses, among them:
“Was it for piety and trustworthiness
that your two hands were cut off at the elbows?!” ⦗2⦘
He remained vizier first for al-Ẓāhir and then for the latter’s son al-Mustanṣir, holding power for eighteen years until he died on the seventh of Ramadan, 436 AH.

389 – al-Manāzī, Abū Naṣr Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf the Secretary*
The eloquent vizier, master of the two arts, Abū Naṣr ⦗3⦘ Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf the Secretary, from Manāzjird ⦗4⦘.
He served as vizier to Aḥmad ibn Marwān, ruler of Diyār Bakr, and acted as his envoy to Constantinople.

(1) See Ibn Khallikan, Wafayat al-ayan, vol. 3, p. 408. (2) The cited couplet appears in Wafayat al-ayan, vol. 3, p. 408; it is preceded by these verses: “O fool, listen and speak, and abandon silliness and affectation. Have you placed yourself among the trustworthy—granting that what you said is true?” (*) Muʿjam al-Buldan, vol. 5, p. 202 (entry: Manazjird); Wafayat al-ayan, vol. 1, pp. 143–145; al-Mukhtasar fi Akhbar al-Bashar, vol. 2, p. 168; al-ʿIbar, vol. 3, p. 187; al-Mushtabih, vol. 2, p. 616; Tatimmat al-Mukhtasar, vol. 1, p. 528; al-Wafi bi-l-Wafayat, vol. 8, pp. 285–288; Tabsir al-Mutanabbih, vol. 4, p. 1393; Shadharāt al-Dhahab, vol. 3, pp. 259–260. (3) Al-Mushtabih and Tabsir al-Mutanabbih read the kunya as Abu al-Abbas. (4) The manuscript reads “Manaz Jahd,” which is a corruption; the correct form, adopted from the author’s al-Mushtabih, as well as from al-ʿIbar, Wafayat al-ayan, and Shadharāt al-Dhahab, is Manazjird.
وَأَرْبَع مائَة لِكَوْنِهِ خَانَ فِي مُبَاشرَة دِيْوَانٍ، ثُمَّ رَضِي عَنْهُ فِي سَنَةِ تِسْعٍ وَأَرْبَع مائَة، وَوَلاَّهُ دِيْوَان النَّفقَات، ثُمَّ عَظُمَ أَمْرُهُ إِلَى أَنْ وَزَرَ فِي سَنَةِ ثمَانِي عَشْرَة وَأَرْبَع مائَة، فَكَانَ يَكْتُبُ العلامَةَ عَنْهُ القَاضِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ القُضَاعِي، وَهِيَ: الحَمْدُ للهِ شُكْراً لِنِعْمَتِهِ (١) . وَكَانَ شَهْماً كَافِياً سَائِساً، ذَا أَمَانَةٍ وَعِفَةٍ. وَقَدْ هَجَاهُ جَاسوسُ الْفلك بِأَبيَات مِنْهَا: فَمِنَ الأَمَانَةِ وَالتُّقَى ... قُطِعَتْ يَدَاكَ مِنَ المَرَافِقْ (٢) ؟! واستمرَّ فِي الوزَارَة للظَاهِر، ثُمَّ لِابْنِهِ المُسْتَنْصِر، فكَانَتْ دَوْلَته ثمَانِي عَشْرَة سَنَةً، إِلَى أَنْ مَاتَ فِي سَابع رَمَضَان، سَنَةَ سِتٍّ وَثَلاَثِيْنَ وَأَرْبَعِ مائَةٍ. ٣٨٩ - المَنَازِيُّ أَبُو نَصْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بنُ يُوْسُفَ الكَاتِبُ * الوَزِيْرُ البَلِيْغُ، ذُو الصِّنَاعَتَينِ، أَبُو نَصْرٍ (٣) أَحْمَدُ بنُ يُوْسُفَ الكَاتِبُ، مِنْ أَهْلِ مَنَازجِرد (٤) . وزر لأَحْمَدَ بنِ مَرْوَانَ صَاحِبِ دِيَار بَكْر، وَتَرَسَّل عَنْهُ إِلَى القُسْطَنْطِيْنِيَّة
(١) انظر " وفيات الأعيان " ٣ / ٤٠٨. (٢) البيت في " وفيات الأعيان " ٣ / ٤٠٨، وقبله قوله: يا أحمقا اسمع وقل * ودع الرقاعة والتحامق أأقمت نفسك في الثقا * ت وهبك فيما قلت صادق (*) معجم البلدان ٥ / ٢٠٢ (منازجرد) ، وفيات الأعيان ١ / ١٤٣ - ١٤٥، المختصر في أخبار البشر ٢ / ١٦٨، العبر ٣ / ١٨٧، المشتبه ٢ / ٦١٦، تتمة المختصر ١ / ٥٢٨، الوافي بالوفيات ٨ / ٢٨٥ - ٢٨٨، تبصير المتنبه ٤ / ١٣٩٣، شذرات الذهب ٣ / ٢٥٩، ٢٦٠. (٣) في " المشتبه " و" تبصير المنتبه ": أبو العباس. (٤) في الأصل: مناز جهد، وهو تحريف، والتصويب من مشتبه المؤلف و" العبر " و" وفيات الأعيان " و" شذرات الذهب ".

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