I was shaking with fever, so I lay bedridden for seven months, and my hair fell out. My brother came in and said, “What has happened to you?” I told him, whereupon he said, “Plead with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for pardon.” I did so and repented, and not even a single week had passed before my hair began to grow again.

I say: He and his forefathers were the kings of Bukhara and Samarqand. He led raids against the Turks, and he was the one who defeated ʿAmr ibn al-Layth and took him prisoner. Al-Muʿtaḍid sent him an investiture deed granting him authority over Khurasan and its adjoining regions, and his rule lasted seven years.

He died in Bukhara in Ṣafar of the year 295 AH (1), after which his son Aḥmad succeeded him.

His son, the sultan Abū Naṣr Aḥmad, died in Jumada al-Ākhirah of 301 AH; he was killed by his mamluks (2). They then placed his son Naṣr on the throne (3). He reigned for thirty years, governed well, and his prestige became immense.

91 – The ruler of al-Andalus, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān
A scion of its kings: the Emir Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥakam ibn Hishām ibn al-Dākhil ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muʿāwiyah ibn the caliph Hishām ibn