Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

ten dirhams, with which we bought a sheep’s head. A quarrel then erupted between us and a Turcoman (1). The shaykh said, “Take the head and go; I shall appease him.”

The shaykh followed us, and the Turcoman (2) said, “Make it up to me.” The shaykh gave him no reply. The man lunged, seized his hand, and—lo!—the shaykh’s hand tore away from his shoulder and remained in the other man’s grasp, blood spurting from it. He flung it aside and fled. The shaykh picked up his own hand with the other hand and came toward us; in his hand we saw nothing but his kerchief.

Al-Ḍiyāʾ Ṣaqr (3) said: In the year seventy-nine (579 AH) al-Suhrawardī arrived and lodged in the Ḥalāwiyya (4), whose teacher was al-Iftikhār al-Hāshimī. He entered into debate wearing a dalq (5) and carrying a jug and a staff. Al-Iftikhār brought out for him a thawb ʿatabī (6), a biqyār (7), a ghalālah, and other garments, sending them with his son and saying, “Grant me a favor.”

He then produced a gemstone the size of an egg and said, “Auction this for me.” It fetched twenty-five thousand. The ʿarīf took it up to al-Ẓāhir, who paid thirty thousand for it. He came back and consulted the shaykh; the shaykh grew angry, snatched the stone, smashed it against a rock until it crumbled, and said, “Take the clothes, kiss your father’s hand, and tell him: had we wished…"

(1) It appears that the Turkmen mentioned in this story is the one who owned the sheep. (2) The original version of the tale relates that a companion of the Turkmen disapproved of the sale, caught up with the group, and asked them to accept a smaller sheep than the one his first companion had given them, believing that his friend did not know how to sell properly. Consequently, this Turkmen is different from the first one; see Ibn Khallikan, Wafayat, 6/269. (3) The person in question is Dia al-Din Abu Muhammad Saqr b. Yahya b. Salim b. Isa b. Saqr al-Kalbi al-Halabi al-Shafii (d. 653/1255). Al-Dhahabi mentions him under that year in Tarikh al-Islam (Ayasofya MS 3013) and in al-Ibar, 5/214. The passage is also quoted in Tabaqat al-atibba. (4) I.e. the Halawiyya madrasa. (5) A dilaq is a kind of garment; Tarikh al-Islam reads: “He attended and debated while wearing a dilaq.” (6) Both extant copies (and Tarikh al-Islam) read as above, but the correct wording is “a thawb atabi” (an Atabi robe). It seems al-Dhahabi reproduced the anecdote exactly as he found it. (7) Al-Fayruzabadi notes under the root b-q-r in al-Qamus: “al-baqir is a cloak split open like the mabtur; it is a woollen mantle slit so that it is worn without sleeves, like the baqira.”
عَشْرَة درَاهِم، فَاشترَينَا بِهَا رَأْساً، ثُمَّ تَنَازعنَا نَحْنُ وَالتُّرُكْمَانِيّ (١) ، فَقَالَ الشَّيْخُ: روحُوا بِالرَّأْس، أَنَا أُرْضيه. ثُمَّ تَبِعَنَا الشَّيْخُ، فَقَالَ التُّرُكْمَانِيّ (٢) : أَرْضنِي. فَمَا كلّمه، فَجَاءَ، وَجذب يَده، فَإِذَا بِيَدِ الشَّيْخ قَدِ انْخَلَعَتْ مِنْ كتفه، وَبقيت فِي يَد ذَاكَ، وَدَمهَا يَشخب، فَرمَاهَا، وَهَرَبَ، فَأَخَذَ الشَّيْخ يَده بِاليد الأُخْرَى، وَجَاءَ، فَرَأَينَا فِي يَدِهِ مِنْدِيله لاَ غَيْر. قَالَ الضِّيَاء صَقر (٣) : فِي سَنَةِ تِسْعٍ وَسَبْعِيْنَ قَدِمَ السُّهْرَوَرْدِيّ، وَنَزَلَ فِي الحلاَويَّة (٤) ، وَمُدَرِّسهَا الافتخَار الهَاشِمِيّ، فَبحث، وَعَلَيْهِ دَلَق (٥) وَلَهُ إِبرِيق وَعُكَّاز، فَأَخْرَج لَهُ الافتخَار ثَوْب عتابِيّ (٦) ، وَبقيَاراً (٧) ، وَغلاَلَة، وَلباساً مَعَ ابْنه إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: اقْض لِي حَاجَة. وَأَخْرَج فَصّاً كَالبيضَة، وَقَالَ: نَاد لِي عَلَيْهِ. قَالَ: فَجَاب خَمْسَة وَعِشْرِيْنَ أَلْفاً، فَطَلَعَ بِهِ العَرِيْف إِلَى الظَّاهِر، فَدَفَعَ فِيْهِ ثَلاَثِيْنَ أَلْفاً، فَجَاءَ وَشَاوره، فَغَضِبَ، وَأَخَذَ الفصّ، وَضَرَبَه بِحجر فَتّنه، وَقَالَ: خُذِ الثِّيَابَ، وَقبّل يَد وَالِدك، وَقُلْ لَهُ: لَوْ أَردنَا
(١) كأن التركماني في هذه الحكاية هو صاحب الغنم. (٢) أصل الحكاية: أن رفيقا للتركماني لم يقبل بهذا البيع، فلحق الجماعة، وطلب منهم أن يأخذوا رأس غنم أصغر من الذي أعطاهم رفيقه الأول لاعتقاده بأن صاحبه ما عرف يبيعهم، وعليه فإن هذا التركماني غير ذاك الأول (راجع (وفيات) ابن خلكان: ٦ / ٢٦٩) . (٣) هو ضياء الدين أبو محمد صقر بن يحيى بن سالم بن عيسى بن صقر الكلبي الحلبي الشافعي المتوفى سنة ٦٥٣، ذكره الذهبي في سنة وفاته من (تاريخ الإسلام) (أيا صوفيا ٣٠١٣) وو (العبر) : ٥ / ٢١٤. والنص منقول من طبقات الاطباء أيضا. (٤) يعني المدرسة الحلاوية. (٥) الدلق شيء يلبس، وفي (تاريخ الإسلام) : (فحضر وبحث وهو لابس دلق) . (٦) هكذا في النسختين (وتاريخ الإسلام) والصواب فيها: (ثوبا عتابيا) وكأن الذهبي نقل الحكاية كما هي. (٧) قال الفيروزآبادي في (بقر) من القاموس: (والبقير المشقوق كالمبتور، وبرد يلبس يشق فيلبس بلا كمين كالبقيرة) .

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