Bahāʾ al-Dawla Aḥmad (1) b. ʿAḍud al-Dawla died, and his son Sulṭān al-Dawla assumed authority in Rabīʿ al-Awwal of 404 AH (2). Al-Qādir held court for the occasion; the vizier Fakhr al-Mulk (3) kissed the ground, Ibn Ḥājib al-Nuʿmān read the deed of investiture, and al-Qādir affixed his mark to it. The robes of honor, the crown, the collar, the two bracelets, and the two banners were then brought forward, and the Caliph himself fastened the banners. He handed a sword to the attendant and said, “Gird him with this, for it is a glory for him and for his descendants,” after which the regalia was sent on to Shiraz.

In the same year al-Ḥākim banished the astrologers from his realms, emancipated most of his mamluks (4), named his cousin ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. Ilyās his heir, and ordered the confinement of women to their homes; the order remained in force for five years (5). His conduct improved—may God not improve him—and in Baghdad Fakhr al-Mulk forbade the customary ʿĀshūrāʾ ceremonies (6).

The dome over the Rock in Jerusalem collapsed (7). Ibn Subuktakīn captured Khwarazm (8). In Baghdad severe turmoil erupted between the Shiʿah and the Sunnis; the hardship intensified, the Sunnis suffered greatly, and a number of people were killed (9).

Al-Qādir compelled the Muʿtazilī jurists to repent; they disavowed Muʿtazilism and Rāfiḍism, and written declarations to that effect were taken from them (10).