Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (15/54)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

In 319 AH, ʿUbayd Allah ibn Muḥammad al-Kalwadhānī (1) was appointed vizier.

That same year Mardāwīj (2) rose up in Daylam; his forces seized the whole Jabal district as far as Ḥulwān and routed the government troops (3).

Al-Kalwadhānī was then dismissed and replaced by al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Qāsim ibn ʿUbayd Allah (4).

Funds grew scarce for al-Muqtadir, and relations between him and Muʾnis deteriorated, so Muʾnis withdrew in anger to Mosul (5). The vizier seized his property, while Muʾnis defeated the Banū Ḥamdān and, in 320 AH, took control of Mosul (6).

The governor of Tarsus confronted the Byzantines: he beat them at first, but they later defeated him.

In 320 AH the vizier al-Ḥusayn was deposed in favor of Abū al-Fatḥ ibn al-Furāt. Al-Muqtadir sought to win over the Daylamites and conferred upon Mardāwīj (7) the governorships of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and the Persian lands.

Several amirs slipped away to join Muʾnis. Al-Muqtadir grew fearful and prepared for war, while Muʾnis advanced with a large host.

It was said to al-Muqtadir, “Your troops will not fight unless they are paid.” They demanded two hundred thousand dinars. He therefore made ready to proceed to Wāsiṭ, but was urged, “Fear God, and do not surrender Baghdad without a fight.” So he steeled himself, mounted alongside the commanders, the elite, and the Qurʾān-reciters, copies of the Qurʾān held aloft.

He passed through Baghdad and proceeded to al-Shammāsiyya, the populace praying for him. Muʾnis approached, the battle was joined, and al-Muqtadir stood upon a mound. They pressed him to advance so that he might exhort his troops, and they lured him on until he was in the very midst,

(1) Al-Kamil, vol. 8, p. 225. (2) His biography appears under no. 79 in this volume. (3) Al-Kamil, vol. 8, p. 227. (4) Al-Kamil, vol. 8, p. 230. (5) Al-Kamil, vol. 8, p. 237. (6) Al-Kamil, vol. 8, p. 239. (7) Al-Muntazam, vol. 6, p. 241.

فِي سَنَةِ تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ، وَاسْتَوْزَرَ عُبَيْد اللهِ بن مُحَمَّدٍ الكَلْوَذَانِي (١) . وَظهر مَردَاوِيج (٢) فِي الدَّيْلَم، وَملكُوا الجبلَ بِأَسره إِلَى حُلْوَان، وَهَزمُوا العَسَاكر (٣) . ثُمَّ عُزِل الكَلْوذَانِي بِالحُسَيْن بنِ القَاسِمِ بن عُبَيْدِ اللهِ (٤) . وَقَلَّت الأَمْوَال عَلَى المُقْتَدِر، وَفسَدَ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ مُؤنس، فَذَهَبَ مغَاضباً إِلَى المَوْصِل (٥) . وَقبض الوَزِيْرُ عَلَى أَمْوَاله، وَهَزَمَ مُؤنسٌ بنِي حَمْدَان، وَتَمَلَّك المَوْصِل فِي سَنَةِ عِشْرِيْنَ وَثَلاَثِ مائَةٍ (٦) . وَالتَقَى وَالِي طَرَسُوْس الرُّوْم، فَهَزَمهُم أَوَّلاً، ثُمَّ هَزَمُوهُ. وَفِي سَنَةِ عِشْرِيْنَ وَثَلاَثِ مائَةٍ عُزِلَ الوَزِيْر الحُسَيْنُ بِأَبِي الفَتْح بن الفُرَاتِ، وَلاَطفَ المُقْتَدِر الدَّيْلَم، وَبَعَثَ بولاَيَة أَذْرَبِيْجَان وَأَرْمِيْنِيَةَ وَالعجم إِلَى مَردَاوِيج (٧) . وَتسحَّبَ أُمرَاءٌ إِلَى مُؤنسٍ، وَخَافَ المُقْتَدِر، وَتَهَيَّأَ لِلْحَرْب، فَأَقبل مُؤنس فِي جَمْعٍ كَبِيْر. وَقِيْلَ لِلْمُقْتَدِر: إِن جُندكَ لاَ يقَاتِلُوْنَ إِلاَّ بِالمَالِ، وَطُلِبَ مِنْهُ مئتَا أَلف دِيْنَار، فتَهَيَّأَ لِلْمضيّ إِلَى وَاسِط، فَقِيْلَ لَهُ: اتَّقِ الله، وَلاَ تسلِّمْ بَغْدَاد بِلاَ حَرْبٍ، فَتَجلَّد وَرَكِبَ فِي الأُمَرَاء وَالخَاصَّة وَالقُرَّاء، وَالمَصَاحِفُ منشورَةٌ. فَشَقَّ بَغْدَاد، وَخَرَجَ إِلَى الشَّمَّاسيَّة، وَالخَلْقُ يَدْعُونَ لَهُ. وَأَقبلَ مُؤنسٌ، وَالْتَحَمَ الحَرْب، وَوقَفَ المُقْتَدِر عَلَى تلٍّ، فَألحُّو عَلَيْهِ بِالتقَدُّم لينصَحَ جَمْعَه فِي القِتَال فَاسْتدرَجُوهُ حَتَّى توَسط،

(١) " الكامل ": ٨ / ٢٢٥. (٢) ستأتي ترجمته رقم / ٧٩ / من هذا الجزء. (٣) " الكامل ": ٨ / ٢٢٧. (٤) " الكامل ": ٨ / ٢٣٠. (٥) " الكامل ": ٨ / ٢٣٧. (٦) " الكامل ": ٨ / ٢٣٩. (٧) " المنتظم ": ٦ / ٢٤١.