he was appointed as chamberlain of Bab al-Nūbī, and his star kept rising until he was killed (1); his head was then displayed in Baghdad.
He left an enormous estate: one million gold dinars in cash, a large sum of silver, and furnishings and real estate beyond description. All these properties passed to his children.
He was summoned to the Caliphal Palace, but in the vestibule the police prefect Yāqūt fell upon him and slew him. He had rebelled, shed blood, reviled the Companions, and resolved to overthrow the state; so Allah broke him.
83 – Ibn Munqidh, Abū al-Muẓaffar Usāmah ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī al-Kinānī *
The great prince, eminent scholar, Cavalier of Syria, Majd al-Dīn, Muʾayyad al-Dawlah, Abū al-Muẓaffar Usāmah, son of the prince Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Muqallad ibn Naṣr ibn Munqidh al-Kinānī, al-Shayzarī.
He was born at Shayzar in 488 AH.
In 499 AH he heard the recension of Abū Hudbah from ʿAlī ibn Sālim al-Sinbisī.