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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

for an hour, after which he withdrew and sent her a farjiyyah (1) of fine fabric bordered with jewels, together with a mukhniqah—an octagonal necklace—and he was delighted with it (2).

All the while the caliph was racked by pain, sorrow, and smothered anger; yet other, weaker caliphs would have counted it a boon to marry a daughter to any commander drawn from the sultan’s freedmen. Tughril Beg subsequently spent some time alone with his bride, but he did not taste the pleasures of this world: he died that very Ramadan in Rayy, in 455 AH, and his body was carried to Marw and buried beside his brother—though some said he was interred in Rayy instead (3). The caliphal bride lived on until 496 AH, and after him the sultanate passed to his nephew, Sultan Alp Arslan (4).

Tughril Beg was not blessed with a child. He lived seventy years, and Khwarazm, Nishapur, Baghdad, Rayy, and Isfahan were all under his control. His brother Ibrāhīm Yinal had waged war against him, and many incidents ensued. At one point a great Byzantine ruler fell into his hands and offered vast sums for his own ransom, but Tughril refused. Nasr al-Dawla (5), lord of al-Jazīrah and Mayyāfāriqīn, interceded for the prisoner’s release, whereupon Tughril sent him to Nasr al-Dawla without exacting any payment. The Byzantine emperor, moved by this gesture, sent Tughril Beg two hundred thousand dinars, five hundred captives, one thousand five hundred garments, one hundred ingots of silver, one thousand white goats, and three hundred shihriy (6). He also forwarded to Nasr al-Dawla a profusion of presents and a large quantity of musk (7).

(1) al-farjiyya: a robe open at the front, and sometimes also slit at the back (Matn al-Lugha lexicon). (2) See al-Muntazam 8/229-230; al-Kamil 10/25; Wafayat al-Ayan 5/66-67; al-Mukhtasar 2/183. (3) See Wafayat al-Ayan 5/67; al-Kamil 9/26-27; al-Mukhtasar 2/183. (4) These reports are also recorded in Mukhtasar Tarikh Dawlat Al-Saljuq, pp. 20-23 and 26-27. (5) His biographical notice will appear below under no. (58). (6) Al-Asas states that the baradhun al-shahri is a mount midway in quality between a ramka (mare) and a seasoned stallion. (7) See al-Kamil 10/28.

سَاعَةً، وَخَرَجَ، وَبَعَثَ لَهَا فَرجيَّة (١) نسيجٍ مُكَلَّلَة بِالجَوْهَر وَمُخْنِقَة أَي قلاَدَة مُثَمّنَة، وَسُرَّ بِهَا (٢) . هَذَا وَالخَلِيْفَةُ فِي أَلَمٍ وَحُزنٍ وَكَظْمٍ، فَأَمَّا غَيْرُهُ مِنَ الخُلَفَاء الضُّعَفَاء فَودُّه لَوْ زَوَّجَ بِنْته بِأَمِيْرٍ مِنْ عتقَاء السُّلْطَان، ثُمَّ إِنَّ طُغْرُلْبَك خَلاَ بِهَا، وَلَمْ يُمتَّع بِنعيم الدُّنْيَا، بَلْ مَاتَ فِي رَمَضَانَ مِنَ السّنَة بِالرَّيّ سَنَة خَمْسٍ وَخَمْسِيْنَ، وَحُمِلَ إِلَى مَرْو، فَدُفن عِنْد أَخِيْهِ، وَقِيْلَ: بَلْ دُفِنَ بِالرَّيّ (٣) ، وَعَاشَتِ الزَّوْجَةُ الخَلِيفتيَّة إِلَى سَنَةِ سِتٍّ وَتِسْعِيْنَ وَأَرْبَعِ مائَة، وَصَارَ مُلكه مِنْ بَعْدِهِ إِلَى ابْنِ أَخِيْهِ السُّلْطَان أَلب آرسلاَن (٤) . وَلَمْ يُرْزَق طُغْرُلْبَك وَلداً، وَعَاشَ سَبْعِيْنَ عَاماً، وَكَانَ بِيَدِهِ خُوَارَزْم وَنِيسَابور وَبغدَاد وَالرَّيّ وَأَصْبَهَان، وَكَانَ أَخُوْهُ إِبْرَاهِيْم يَنَالُ قَدْ حَارَبه، وَجَرَتْ أُمُوْرٌ، وَحصل فِي يَدِهِ مَلِكٌ كَبِيْر لِلروم، فَبَذَلَ فِي نَفْسِهِ أَمْوَالاً عَظِيْمَة، فَأَبَى عَلَيْهِ، فَبَعَثَ نَصْر الدَّوْلَة (٥) صَاحِبُ الجَزِيْرَة وَميَّافَارِقين يَشفَعُ فِي فِكَاكه، فَبعثَه طُغْرُلْبَك إِلَى نَصْر الدَّوْلَة بِلاَ فِدَاء، فَانْتخَى مَلِكُ الرُّوْم، وَأَهدَى إِلَى طُغْرُلْبَك مائَتَيْ أَلف دِيْنَار، وَخَمْس مائَةِ أَسير، وَأَلفاً وَخَمْس مائَةِ ثَوْب، وَمائَةِ لبنَة فِضَّة، وَأَلف عنزٍ أَبيض، وَثَلاَثِ مائَةٍ شِهْرِي (٦) ، وَبَعَثَ إِلَى نَصْر الدَّوْلَة تُحَفاً وَمسكاً كَثِيْراً (٧) .

(١) الفرجية: ثوب مفرج من أمام، وربما فرج من خلف. معجم " متن اللغة ". (٢) انظر " المنتظم " ٨ / ٢٢٩ - ٢٣٠، و" الكامل " ١٠ / ٢٥، و" وفيات الأعيان " ٥ / ٦٦ - ٦٧، و" المختصر " ٢ / ١٨٣. (٣) انظر " وفيات الأعيان ": ٥ / ٦٧، والكامل: ٩ / ٢٦ - ٢٧، والمختصر: ٢ / ١٨٣. (٤) وانظر هذه الاخبار في " مختصر تاريخ دولة آل سلجوق ": ٢٠ - ٢٣ و٢٦ - ٢٧. (٥) سترد ترجمته برقم (٥٨) . (٦) قال في " الاساس ": والبرذون الشهري: بين الرمكة والفرس العتيق. (٧) انظر " الكامل " ١٠ / ٢٨.