He went on to serve as vizier for the caliph al-Mustazhir while his father was still alive. His father had attached himself to Sultan Muhammad ibn Malikshah, so the sultan interceded with al-Mustazhir on the son’s behalf until the caliph appointed him vizier. Thus he entered office at the age of seventeen years and six months,¹ with ʿAli ibn Tirad al-Zaynabi acting as his deputy. When al-Mustarshid succeeded to the caliphate he dismissed him, and he was never employed again. He remained in his house for roughly fifty years, living in ease and honour, and he was lavish in giving alms.
He died in Dhu al-Qaʿdah, 561 AH.

18 – al-Hamadhani, Abu al-Fadl ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Ibrahim

The erudite scholar Abu al-Fadl ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Ibrahim al-Hamadhani—also known as al-Maqdisi—was a specialist in the laws of inheritance, a Qur’an reciter, a Shafiʿi jurist, and a long-time resident of Baghdad. He was the father of the historian Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik. Pre-eminent in the science of inheritance, he was a righteous, devout jurist. He was offered the office of Chief Judge but refused it.
Born: in the early teens of 400 AH.
He studied in 433 AH at Tustar.

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