Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Sultan Muḥammad arrested his vizier Saʿd al-Mulk, had him crucified in Isfahan, and appointed Aḥmad ibn Niẓām al-Mulk as vizier.

The Ismaʿili commander at the fortress of Isfahan, Aḥmad ibn Ghaṭṭāsh, was killed. Ibn al-Athīr relates: “His followers slew a multitude beyond reckoning…,” and he continues:
Sultan Muḥammad then demolished the fortress. His father Malikshāh had built it on a mountain, and it is said the construction had cost more than two million dinars. Ibn Ghaṭṭāsh contrived to seize it and held it for twelve years (1).

Caliph al-Mustazhir dismissed his vizier Abū al-Qāsim ibn Jahīr and installed Hibat Allāh ibn al-Muṭṭalib in his place (2).

The Seljuq ruler of Konya, Qilij Arslān ibn Sulaymān ibn Qutulmish, drowned (3).

In the year 501 AH the lord of al-Ḥilla, Sayf al-Dawla Ṣadaqa ibn Manṣūr ibn Dubays al-Asadī—styled “King of the Arabs,” who had established al-Ḥilla as a Rafidite stronghold—was killed in a battle with Sultan Muḥammad ibn Malikshāh (4).

That same year Tughtekin set out with the army of Damascus, routed the Franks, and captured the lord of Tiberias, Germas. Baldwin the dog laid siege to Tyre and built a fortress opposite it, then offered him

(1) al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh, vol. 10, pp. 430–434. (2) al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh, vol. 10, p. 438. (3) al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh, vol. 10, pp. 428–430. It relates that, when Qilij Arslan saw his army in rout, he understood that, if taken prisoner, he would be treated as one who had left no ground for reconciliation—especially after having challenged the sultan for both territory and the title of sultan. He therefore threw himself into the Khabur River, shielding himself from Jawli’s men with arrows; the horse, however, drifted into deep water and he drowned. (4) For a full account, see Ibn al-Athir, al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh, vol. 10, pp. 440–449.
وَقبض مُحَمَّد عَلَى وَزِيْرِهِ سَعْدِ المُلك، وَصَلَبَه بِأَصْبَهَانَ، وَاسْتَوْزَرَ أَحْمَد بن نظَامِ المُلك. وَقُتِلَ مُقدَّم الإِسْمَاعِيْليَّة بِقَلْعَةِ أَصْبَهَان أَحْمَدُ بنُ غطَّاش، قَالَ ابْنُ الأَثِيْرِ: قَتَلَ أَتْبَاعُهُ خلقاً لاَ يُمْكِنُ إِحْصَاؤهُم ... ، إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ: وَخرَّب السُّلْطَانُ مُحَمَّد القَلْعَةَ، وَكَانَ أَبُوْهُ مَلِكْشَاه أَنشَأَهَا عَلَى جبل، يُقَال: غَرِمَ عَلَيْهَا أَلفَيْ أَلف دِيْنَار وَزِيَادَة، فَتَحَيَّلَ ابْنُ غَطَّاش حَتَّى تَمَلَّكهَا، وَبَقِيَ بِهَا اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً (١) . وَعَزَلَ المُسْتظهرُ وَزِيْرَه أَبَا القَاسِمِ بن جَهير، وَوَزَرَ هِبَة اللهِ بن المُطَّلِبِ (٢) . وَغَرِقَ ملكُ قُوْنِيَة قلج رسلاَن بن سُلَيْمَانَ بن قتلمش السَّلْجُوْقِي (٣) . وَفِي سَنَةِ إِحْدَى وَخَمْسِ مائَة مَاتَ صَاحِبُ الحِلَّة سَيْفُ الدَّوْلَة صَدَقَةُ بنُ مَنْصُوْرِ بنِ دُبَيْسٍ الأَسَدِيّ مَلِك الْعَرَب الَّذِي أَنشَأَ الحِلَّة عَلَى الرَّفض، قُتِلَ فِي وَقْعَةٍ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ السُّلْطَانِ مُحَمَّد بنِ مَلِكْشَاه (٤) . وَفِيْهَا سَارَ طُغْتِكِين فِي جُنْدِ دِمَشْقَ، فَهَزمَ الفِرَنْجَ، وَأَسَرَ صَاحِبَ طَبَرَيَّة جرمَاس، وَحَاصَرَ بغدوين الكلبُ صُوْرَ، وَبَنَى بِإِزَائِهَا حِصناً، ثُمَّ بَذَلَ لَهُ
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