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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

and she presented fifty thousand garments as largesse. It was also said that she travelled with four hundred palanquins (1).

Later on, ʿAḍud al-Dawla seized her possessions and fortresses. Because he had asked for her hand and she had refused, she was reduced to poverty; matters worsened until he violated her honour and forced her to mingle with immoral women in order to raise the sums he demanded of her, whereupon she threw herself into the Tigris (2).

In 367 AH ʿAḍud al-Dawla marched with his armies, captured Baghdad, was received by al-Ṭāʾiʿ, and ceremonial domes of festivity were erected.

He next deployed his forces against ʿIzz al-Dawla, captured him, then killed him, and forwarded to al-Ṭāʾiʿ 1,000,000 dirhams, 50,000 dinars, together with horses, mules, musk, and ambergris (3).

A tremendous flood struck Baghdad: the water rose to 21 cubits and many lives were lost (4).

ʿAḍud al-Dawla now consolidated his power and was further styled Tāj al-Milla (5). The royal kettledrums were beaten for him three times each day (6), and his sovereignty reached a height beyond compare—yet for all that exaltation he remained deferential to al-Ṭāʾiʿ.

A messenger from al-ʿAzīz, the ruler of Egypt, arrived; ʿAḍud corresponded with him amicably (7) and requested al-Ṭāʾiʿ to augment his honorifics, so al-Ṭāʾiʿ convened an audience for him, surrounded by one hundred men bearing swords

(1) Al-Muntazam, vol. 7, p. 84. (2) Al-Umari, Muhadhdhab al-Rawda al-Fayha, p. 230; states that ʿAdud al-Dawla was the one who threw it into the Tigris in the year 371/5, without mentioning any act of desecration. (3) Al-Muntazam, vol. 7, pp. 86-87. (4) Al-Muntazam, vol. 7, p. 87. (5) Ibid. (6) It was customary for kettle-drums (dababib) to be beaten at the times of prayer outside the caliph’s gate. Muʿizz al-Dawla wished the drums to be beaten at his own residence as well; he asked the caliph al-Mutiʿ for permission, but was refused. See Rusum Dar al-Khilafa, pp. 136-137; Al-Muntazam, vol. 7, p. 92. (7) Al-Muntazam, vol. 7, p. 98.

نَفْس، وَخَلَعَتْ خَمْسِيْنَ أَلفَ ثَوْبٍ. وَقِيْلَ: كَانَ مَعَهَا أَرْبَعُ مائَة مَحْمِلٍ (١) . ثُمَّ فِي الآخر، اسْتولَى عَضُدُ الدَّوْلَة عَلَى أَمْوَالهَا وَقِلاعهَا، وَافْتَقَرَتْ لِكَوْنِهِ خَطَبَهَا فَأَبتْ وَآل بِهَا الحَالُ إِلَى أَنْ هَتَكَهَا وَأَلزمهَا أَنْ تَخْتَلِفَ مَعَ الخواطئ لِتُحصِّل مَا تُؤدِّيه، فَرَمَتْ بنفسهَا فِي دِجْلَةَ (٢) . وفِي سَنَةِ سَبْعٍ وَسِتِّيْنَ أَقْبَلَ عَضُدُ الدَّوْلَةِ فِي جيوشِهِ، وَأَخَذَ بَغْدَادَ، وَتلقَّاهُ الطَّائِعُ، وَعُمِلَتْ قِبَابُ الزِّينَة. ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَعَمل المَصَافَّ مَعَ عزِّ الدَّوْلَة فَأَسرَ عزَّ الدَّوْلَة، ثُمَّ قَتَلَه، وَنَفَّذَ إِلَى الطَّائِعِ أَلفَ أَلفِ دِرْهَم، وَخَمْسِيْنَ أَلف دِيْنَار، وَخَيْلاً وَبِغَالاً، وَمِسْكاً وَعَنْبراً (٣) . وَكَانَ الغَرَقُ العَظيمُ بِبَغْدَادَ وَبَلَغَ المَاءُ أَحَداً وَعِشْرِيْنَ ذِرَاعاً، وَغَرِقَ خَلْق (٤) . وَتمكَّن عضدُ الدَّوْلَة، وَلقِّب أَيْضاً تَاج المِلَّة (٥) ، وَضُرِبَتْ لَهُ النَّوْبَةُ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَوقَاتٍ (٦) ، وَعلاَ سُلطَانُه علُوّاً لاَ مزيدَ عَلَيْهِ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ الارْتِقَاء فَكَانَ يخضَعُ لِلطَّائِعِ. وَجَاءهُ رَسُوْلُ العَزِيْز صَاحِبِ مِصْر، فرَاسلَه بتودُّدٍ (٧) ، وَطلبَ مِنَ الطَّائِع أَنْ يَزِيْدَ فِي أَلقَابِهِ، فَجَلَسَ لَهُ الطَّائِع وَحَوْلَهُ مائَةٌ بِالسُّيوفِ

(١) " المنتظم ": ٧ / ٨٤. (٢) " مهذب الروضة الفيحاء " للعمري: ٢٣٠ وفيه: أن عضد الدولة هو الذي ألقاها في دجلة. سنة / ٣٧١ / ٥ ولم يذكر هتكه لها. (٣) " المنتظم ": ٧ / ٨٦ - ٨٧. (٤) " المنتظم ": ٧ / ٨٧. (٥) المصدر السابق. (٦) كان من العادة أن تضرب الدبادب في أوقات الصلاة على باب الخليفة. وقد أحب معز الدولة أن تضرب له الدبادب أيضا على بابه. وسأل المطيع ذلك، فلم يأذن له. انظر " رسوم دار الخلافة ": ١٣٦ - ١٣٧ و" المنتظم ": ٧ / ٩٢. (٧) " المنتظم ": ٧ / ٩٨.