for the shepherds; and nothing is more unbecoming of governors than to pay heed to informers.

Among his verses:
I sought a life of unclouded ease beside the one I love,
but a willful adversary strove to bar me from my goal.
I never wished to sever our bond after it had been joined,
yet whatever he desires, I too must desire. (1)

In 484 AH of his reign the Dome of the Eagle was reconstructed, and his name was inscribed upon it. (2)

He was the Caliph of Islam in his era, yet the ruler of Egypt, al-Mustansir, and his son contended with him, so that both the “Ubaydi” and the Abbasid were, in various respects, held in check.

In Egypt the dais was occupied by the vizier, the Commander of the Armies; authority over Iraq and the eastern lands lay with the Seljuks; the Maghrib was under the rule of Tashfīn and his son; and Yemen was in the hands of another faction. (3) All matters, however, belong to Allah.

148 – al-Qayrawānī Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Rashīq
The erudite, eloquent poet Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Rashīq.