Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Ibn al-Tuyūrī informed us; al-Ṣūrī recited to us some verses he had composed himself:

Say to the one who opposes the hadith and has set about
reviling its people and all who profess adherence to it:
Is it on the basis of knowledge that you speak—explain it to me—
or out of ignorance? Ignorance is the habit of the foolish.
Shall those be blamed who preserved the religion
from fabrications and deceit?
To their statements—and to what they have transmitted—
every scholar and jurist must ultimately return. (1)

Al-Khaṭīb (2) said: al-Ṣūrī died in Jumādā al-Ākhirah, 441 AH.

425 – Abū Kālījār Marzubān ibn Sulṭān al-Dawlah ibn Buwayh*

He was the sovereign, the ruler of Iraq: Abū Kālījār Marzubān ibn Sulṭān al-Dawlah ibn Bahāʾ al-Dawlah ibn ʿAḍud al-Dawlah ibn Buwayh. He succeeded his cousin Jalāl al-Dawlah and reigned for five years, during which he encountered many setbacks and wars. He lived a little over forty years, overpowered his cousin al-Malik al-ʿAzīz, and died in 440 AH in Kirmān. After his death they enthroned his son, al-Malik al-Raḥīm Abū Naṣr. With that, the Buwayhid dynasty came to an end and the Seljuq state arose.

(1) These verses are recorded in: al-Muntazam, vol. 8, p. 145; Tadhkirat al-Huffaz, vol. 3, p. 1117; and al-Bidaya wa-l-Nihaya, vol. 12, p. 61. (2) Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 3, p. 103. (*) Further references: al-Muntazam, vol. 8, p. 136; al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh, vol. 9, p. 547; al-Mukhtasar fi Akhbar al-Bashar, vol. 2, p. 169; al-Ibar, vol. 3, p. 191; Duwal al-Islam, vol. 1, pp. 258–259; Tammat al-Mukhtasar, vol. 1, pp. 529–530; al-Bidaya wa-l-Nihaya, vol. 12, pp. 57–59; al-Nujum al-Zahira, vol. 5, p. 46; Shadharat al-Dhahab, vol. 3, p. 263.
الطُّيُوْرِيِّ، أَنْشَدَنَا الصُّوْرِيُّ لِنَفْسِهِ: قُلْ لِمَنْ عَانَدَ الحَدِيْثَ وَأَضْحَى ... عَائِباً أَهلَهُ وَمَنْ يَدَّعِيهِ أَبِعِلمٍ تَقُولُ هَذَا أَبِنْ لِي ... أَمْ بِجَهلٍ، فَالجَهْلُ خُلُقُ السَّفِيهِ أَيُعَابُ الَّذِيْنَ هُم حَفِظُوا الدِّيْ ... ـنَ مِنَ التُّرَّهَاتِ وَالتَّمْوِيهِ وَإِلَى قَوْلِهِم وَمَا قَدْ رَوَوْهُ ... رَاجِعٌ كُلُّ عَالِمٍ وَفَقِيْهِ (١) قَالَ الخَطِيْبُ (٢) :مَاتَ الصُّوْرِيُّ فِي جُمَادَى الآخِرَةِ، سَنَةَ إِحْدَى وَأَرْبَعِيْنَ وَأَرْبَعِ مائَةٍ. ٤٢٥ - أَبُو كَالَيْجَارَ مَرْزُبَانُ بنُ سُلْطَانِ الدَّوْلَةِ ابْنِ بُوَيْه * السُّلْطَانُ، صَاحِبُ العِرَاقِ، أَبُو كَالَيْجَارَ مَرْزُبَانُ بنُ سُلْطَانِ الدَّوْلَةِ بنِ بَهَاءِ الدَّوْلَةِ بنِ عَضُدِ الدَّوْلَةِ ابْنِ بُوَيْه. تَمَلَّكَ بَعْدَ ابْنِ عَمِّهِ جَلاَلِ الدَّوْلَةِ، فَكَانَتْ أَيَّامُه خَمْسَ سِنِيْنَ، وَجَرتْ لَهُ خُطُوبٌ وَحُرُوبٌ، وَعَاشَ نَيِّفاً وَأَرْبَعِيْنَ سَنَةً، وَقَهرَ ابْنَ عَمِّهِ المَلِكَ العَزِيْزَ، وَمَاتَ سَنَةَ أَرْبَعِيْنَ وَأَرْبَعِ مائَةٍ، بِكَرْمَانَ، وَمَلَّكُوا بَعْدَهُ ابْنَهُ المَلِكَ الرَّحِيْمَ أَبَا نَصْرٍ، وَولَّتْ دَوْلَةُ بَنِي بُوَيْه، وَقَامَتْ دَوْلَةُ بَنِي سُلْجُوْق.
(١) الابيات في " المنتظم " ٨ / ١٤٥، و" تذكرة الحفاظ " ٣ / ١١١٧، و" البداية والنهاية " ١٢ / ٦١. (٢) " تاريخ بغداد " ٣ / ١٠٣. (*) المنتظم ٨ / ١٣٦، الكامل في التاريخ ٩ / ٥٤٧، المختصر في أخبار البشر ٢ / ١٦٩، العبر ٣ / ١٩١، دول الإسلام ١ / ٢٥٨، ٢٥٩، تتمة المختصر ١ / ٥٢٩، ٥٣٠، البداية والنهاية ١٢ / ٥٧، ٥٨ و٥٩، النجوم الزاهرة ٥ / ٤٦، شذرات الذهب ٣ / ٢٦٣.

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