on grammar, the History of Bayhaq, and a number of other writings noted by Yaqut (1).
He died in Bayhaq in 565 AH.

368 – Ibn al-Baladī, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd *
He was the vizier of the caliph al-Mustanjid bi-Allāh. Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd was counted among the outstanding men of his time for good fortune, political acumen, and nobility. When al-Mustanjid died, he was summoned to offer condolences and to administer the oath of allegiance to al-Mustaḍīʾ. Once he entered, they led him into a room, murdered him, cut his body to pieces, and threw him into the Tigris; the new vizier, Abū al-Faraj ibn Raʾīs al-Ruʾasāʾ, then took the oath (2).

Ibn al-Baladī’s tenure as vizier lasted six years. In his papers they later found a note in al-Mustanjid’s own hand ordering Ibn al-Baladī to arrest Ibn Raʾīs al-Ruʾasāʾ and Quṭb al-Dīn Qaymāz, along with the vizier’s written reply to the caliph dissuading him from that course. Thus they realized his innocence and regretted having killed him (3). God then took retribution for him against Ibn Raʾīs al-Ruʾasāʾ, who was likewise put to death.

Ibn al-Baladī was killed in Rabīʿ al-Ākhir, 566 AH.

369 – Shirkūh ibn Shādhī ibn Marwān ibn Yaʿqūb al-Duwaynī **
Al-Malik al-Manṣūr, the conqueror of Egypt, Asad al-Dīn Shirkūh ibn Shādhī