Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (19/212)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Duqāq’s vizier was Abū al-Qāsim al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Khwarizmī. Earlier he had taken part in a pitched battle near Aleppo alongside Duqāq’s brother, but his army was shattered and he was forced to withdraw to Damascus.

130 – The ruler of Khurasan, Arslān Arghun ibn Alp Arslān the Seljuq *

Sultan Arslān Arghun, son of Sultan Alp Arslān the Seljuq. When his brother, Sultan Malikshāh, died, he moved swiftly, seized Khurasan, and consolidated his control. He was oppressive, ill-tempered, and prone to harsh punishment of his personal guard. One of his own mamlūks entered his presence; Arghun rebuked him for tardiness in service. The servant offered an excuse, but Arghun would not accept it. Because the sultan was alone, the servant rushed at him with a dagger and killed him in Muḥarram 490 AH. His reign had lasted four years.

When Sultan Barkiyāruq ibn Malikshāh learned of the murder, he marched on Khurasan, took possession of it, and had the Friday sermon proclaimed for him as well in the lands beyond the Oxus. He appointed his brother, King Sanjar—whose rule would prove lengthy—as his deputy over Khurasan.

Arslān had earlier taken control of Balkh, Marw, and Termez; he oppressed the people, acted tyrannically, and demolished the wall of Nishapur and other cities. ʿImād al-Mulk ibn Niẓām al-Mulk served as his vizier, but Arslān later arrested him, extracted three hundred thousand dinars from him, and slaughtered him.

131 – Ibn al-Sawādī, Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Mubārak ibn Muḥammad **

The Imām and jurisconsult, Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Mubārak ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Sawādī al-Wāsiṭī,

(*) Al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh, vol. 10, pp. 262, 264; Al-Ibr, vol. 3, pp. 326–327; Tatimmat al-Mukhtasar, vol. 2, p. 18; Uyun al-Tawarikh, vol. 13, pp. 57–58; Al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, vol. 12, p. 154; Al-Nujum al-Zahira, vol. 5, p. 161; Shadharat al-Dhahab, vol. 3, p. 394. (* *) Tabaqat al-Subki, vol. 5, pp. 311–312.

وَكَانَ قَدْ وَزَرَ لدُقَاق أَبُو القَاسِمِ الحَسَن بن عَلِيٍّ الخُوَارزمِي، وَقَدْ كَانَ عمل مَصَافّاً بِقُرْبِ حلب مَعَ أَخِيْهِ، فَتفلَّلَ جَمعُه، وَرُدَّ إِلَى دِمَشْقَ. ١٣٠ - صَاحِبُ خُرَاسَان أَرْسَلاَن أَرغون بنُ أَلب أَرْسَلاَن السَّلْجُوْقِي * السُّلْطَان أَرْسَلاَن أَرغون ابنُ السُّلْطَان أَلب أَرْسَلاَن السَّلجوقِي. لَمَّا مَاتَ أَخُوْهُ السُّلْطَان مَلِكْشَاه، بَادر هَذَا، وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى خُرَاسَانَ، وَتَمَكَّنَ، وَكَانَ ظَالِماً شَرِسَ الأَخلاَق، كَثِيْرَ العقوبَة لِخَاصكيته، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ غُلاَمٌ لَهُ، فَأَنْكَر عَلَيْهِ أَرغون تَأَخُّره عَنِ الخدمَة، فَاعْتذر، فَلَمْ يَقبلْ لَهُ عُذراً، وَكَانَ وَحْدَه، فَشدّ الغُلاَمُ عَلَيْهِ بِسكِّين، فَقَتَلَهُ فِي المُحَرَّمِ، سَنَةَ تِسْعِيْنَ وَأَرْبَعِ مائَةٍ. وَكَانَتْ دَوْلَتُه أَرْبَعَ سِنِيْنَ، فَعَلِمَ بِمَقْتَله السُّلْطَانُ بَرْكْيَا رُوْق بن مَلِكْشَاه، فَسَارَ إِلَى خُرَاسَانَ، وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا، وَخطبُوا لَهُ أَيْضاً بِبلاَد مَا وَرَاء النَّهْر، وَاسْتنابَ عَلَى خُرَاسَانَ أَخَاهُ الْملك سَنْجَر الَّذِي امْتَدَّتْ أَيَّامُهُ. وَكَانَ أَرْسَلاَن قَدْ تَملَّك بَلخ وَمروَ وَتِرمِذَ، وَظلمَ وَغَشَم، وَخرَّب سُورَ نَيْسَابُوْر وَغَيْرهَا مِنَ المَدَائِن، وَوزر لَهُ عمَادُ المُلك بن نِظَام المُلك، ثُمَّ قبضَ عَلَيْهِ، وَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ ثَلاَثَ مائَة أَلْف دِيْنَار، وَذَبَحَهُ. ١٣١ - ابْنُ السَّوَادِي أَبُو الحُسَيْنِ المُبَارَك بن مُحَمَّد ** الإِمَامُ، المُفْتِي، أَبُو الحُسَيْنِ المُبَارَك بن مُحَمَّدِ بنِ السَّوَادِي الوَاسِطِيّ،

(*) الكامل في التاريخ: ١٠ / ٢٦٢، ٢٦٤، العبر: ٣ / ٣٢٦ - ٣٢٧، تتمة المختصر: ٢ / ١٨، عيون التواريخ: ١٣ / ٥٧ - ٥٨، البداية والنهاية: ١٢ / ١٥٤، النجوم الزاهرة: ٥ / ١٦١، شذرات الذهب: ٣ / ٣٩٤. (* *) طبقات السبكي: ٥ / ٣١١ - ٣١٢.