Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (20/365)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

and with his death the Seljuq dominion over Khurasan came to an end. Khwarazm-Shah Atsiz (1) ibn Muhammad ibn Nushtakin took possession of most of his territories, though Atsiz himself died before Sanjar.

Al-Samʿani says: He died on the twenty-fourth of Rabiʿ al-Awwal in the year 552 AH, and was buried in a domed mausoleum he had erected and named “The Abode of the Hereafter.”

Ibn al-Jawzi (2) relates: When the news of his death reached Baghdad, his name was removed from the Friday sermon and no public mourning was held for him.

Al-Samʿani also reports: After him, the throne passed to his sister’s son, the Khāqān Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn Bugharajan.

I add: In the course of his reign he fought a pitched battle the like of which had never been heard of, against an infidel Turk; Sanjar was routed and seventy thousand of his soldiers were slain.

253 – Abaq al-Malik al-Muẓaffar ibn Muhammad ibn Buri ibn Tughtikin

Al-Malik al-Muẓaffar, Mujir al-Din, Abu Saʿid Abaq, ruler of Damascus and son of its lord Jamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Taj al-Muluk Buri ibn Tughtikin, was born in Baalbek.

He acceded to power after his father while still a youth, and the affairs of state were administered by Anur al-Tughtikini (3) and the vizier Ibn

(1) His biography has already been given under no. 215. (2) Al-Muntazam, vol. 10, p. 428. (*) Ibn al-Qalanisi, pp. 306–328; Al-Kamil, vol. 11, pp. 197–198; Mirat al-Zaman, vol. 8, p. 172; Wafayat al-Ayan, vol. 5, pp. 188–189; Al-Ibar, vol. 4, pp. 185–186; Umara Dimashq, p. 4; Al-Wafi bi-l-wafayat, vol. 6, p. 188; Al-Nujum al-Zahira, vol. 5, p. 381; Shadharat al-Dhahab, vol. 4, pp. 211–212; Tahdhib Tarikh Dimashq, ed. Badran, vol. 2, p. 320; Mujam al-Ansab, p. 46. (3) His biography has already been given under no. 148.

وَزَال بِمَوْتِهِ مُلْكُ بَنِي سَلْجُوْق عَنْ خُرَاسَان، وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى أَكْثَر مَمْلَكته خُوَارِزْم شَاه أُتْسِزُ (١) بن مُحَمَّدِ بنِ نوشتكين، وَمَاتَ أُتْسِز قَبْل سَنْجَر. قَالَ السَّمْعَانِيُّ: مَاتَ فِي الرَّابِع وَالعِشْرِيْنَ مِنْ رَبِيْعٍ الأَوَّلِ، سَنَةَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَخَمْسِيْنَ وَخَمْسِ مائَةٍ، وَدُفِنَ فِي قُبَّةٍ بَنَاهَا، وَسَمَّاهَا دَار الآخِرَة. قَالَ ابْنُ الجَوْزِيِّ (٢) : لَمَّا جَاءَ خَبَرُ مَوْتِهِ إِلَى بَغْدَادَ، قُطِعَت خُطبته، وَلَمْ يُعقد لَهُ عَزَاء. قَالَ السَّمْعَانِيُّ: تَسَلَّطن بَعْدَهُ ابْن أُخْته الخَاقَان مَحْمُوْد بن مُحَمَّدِ بنِ بغرَاجَان. قُلْتُ: وَقَدْ عَمِلَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ دَوْلَته مَصَافّاً مَا سُمِعَ بِمِثْلِهِ أَبَداً مَعَ كَافِر ترك، انْكَسَرَ سَنْجَرُ فِيْهَا، وَقُتِلَ مِنْ جُنْده سَبْعُوْنَ أَلْفاً. ٢٥٣ - أَبَقُ المَلِكُ المُظَفَّرُ بنُ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ بُوْرِي بنِ طُغْتِكِيْنَ * المَلِكُ المُظَفَّرُ، مُجِيْرُ الدِّيْنِ، أَبُو سَعِيْدٍ أَبَقُ، صَاحِبُ دِمَشْقَ وَابْنُ صَاحِبهَا جَمَالِ الدِّيْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ تَاجِ المُلُوْكِ بُورِي بنِ طُغْتِكِيْنَ البَعْلَبَكِّيُّ المَوْلِد. تَملك بَعْد أَبِيْهِ وَهُوَ حَدَثٌ، وَدبر الدَّوْلَة أَنُر الطُّغْتِكِيْنِيّ (٣) وَالوَزِيْرُ ابْنُ

(١) الذي تقدمت ترجمته برقم (٢١٥) . (٢) في " المنتظم " ١٠ / ٤٢٨. (*) تاريخ ابن القلانسي: ٣٠٦ - ٣٢٨، الكامل ١١ / ١٩٧، ١٩٨، مرآة الزمان ٨ / ١٧٢، وفيات الأعيان ٥ / ١٨٨، ١٨٩، العبر ٤ / ١٨٥، ١٨٦، أمراء دمشق: ٤، الوافي بالوفيات ٦ / ١٨٨، النجوم الزاهرة ٥ / ٣٨١، شذرات الذهب ٤ / ٢١١، ٢١٢، تهذيب تاريخ دمشق لبدران ٢ / ٣٢٠، معجم الأنساب: ٤٦. (٣) الذي تقدمت ترجمته برقم (١٤٨) .