Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

64 – al-Qāʾim bi-Amr Allāh ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Qādir bi’Llāh ibn Isḥāq *

The caliph, Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh, son of al-Qādir bi’Llāh Aḥmad ibn Isḥāq ibn al-Muqtadir Jaʿfar, an ʿAbbāsid of Baghdad.

He was born in the middle of Dhū al-Qaʿdah, 391 AH. His mother was Badr al-Dujā the Armenian.

Another report states that Qaṭr al-Nadā (1) lived on into the early years of his caliphate.

He was attractive and well-favoured—fair-skinned with a reddish hue—strong-willed, devout, God-fearing, and generous in charity.

Gifted in calligraphy and belles-lettres, he was also noted for his justice and magnanimity.

He received the pledge of allegiance on the very day his father died, having previously been nominated heir, in Dhū al-Ḥijjah 422 AH.

It was his father who conferred upon him his honorific title.

His rule remained orderly until he was arrested in 450 AH, when Arslān the Turk, al-Basāsīrī (2), had risen to unmatched power.

The Arab and Persian amirs stood in awe of him, and his name was mentioned from the pulpits.

Yet he acted tyrannically and devastated the villages, leaving the caliph helpless before him. Rumour then spread that he meant to pillage the Caliphal Palace and depose al-Qāʾim.

Therefore al-Qāʾim wrote to Toghril Beg (3), king of the Oghuz, urging him to come to his aid; Toghril was then in Rayy. Shortly thereafter the residence of al-Basāsīrī was set ablaze,

(*) Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 9, pp. 399-404; al-Muntazam, vol. 8, p. 57 ff.; al-Kamil, vol. 9, p. 417 ff.; al-Nibras, pp. 136-143; al-Fakhri, p. 254; al-Ibar, vol. 3, p. 264; Tarikh al-Khulafa, pp. 417-423; Shadharat al-Dhahab, vol. 3, pp. 326-327. (1) Al-Kamil, vol. 10, p. 95, adds: “Some also say that her name was ʿAlam.” (2) Pronounced al-Basasiri: initial baʾ with fatḥa, then an alif between two sīn’s, the first sīn with fatḥa and the second with kasra, followed by a silent yaʾ and ending with rāʾ. The nisba goes back to a Persian town called Basa—Arabic Fasa—hence the Arabic form fasawi; Persians, however, say al-Basasiri. See al-Ansab, vol. 2, p. 203. A biographical entry appears in Wafayat al-Aʿyan, vol. 1, pp. 192-193. (3) Ibn Khallikan vocalizes the name in this manner; cf. Wafayat al-Aʿyan, vol. 5, pp. 63-68.
٦٤ - القَائِم بِأَمْرِ اللهِ عَبْدُ اللهِ ابنُ القَادِرِ بِاللهِ بنِ إِسْحَاقَ * الخَلِيْفَةُ، أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ ابنُ القَادِرِ بِاللهِ أَحْمَدَ بنِ إِسْحَاقَ ابنِ المقتدِر جَعْفَرٍ العَبَّاسِيُّ، البَغْدَادِيُّ. وُلِدَ سَنَةَ إِحْدَى وَتِسْعِيْنَ وَثَلاَثِ مائَةٍ فِي نِصْفِ ذِي القَعْدَةِ، وَأُمُّه بَدْر الدجَى الأَرْمنيَّةُ. وَقِيْلَ: قَطْر النَّدَى بقيت إِلَى أَثْنَاء خِلاَفته (١) . وَكَانَ مَلِيحاً وَسِيْماً أَبيضَ بحُمرَة، قويَّ النَّفْسِ، ديِّناً وَرِعاً متصدِّقاً. لَهُ يدٌ فِي الكِتَابَةِ وَالأَدبِ، وَفِيْهِ عَدْلٌ وَسمَاحَةٌ. بُوْيِعَ يَوْم موتِ أَبِيْهِ بعهدٍ لَهُ مِنْهُ فِي ذِي الحِجَّةِ، سَنَةَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِيْنَ وَأَرْبَعِ مائَةٍ. وَأَبُوْهُ هُوَ الَّذِي لقَّبهُ. وَلَمْ يَزَلْ أَمرُهُ مُسْتَقِيْماً إِلَى أَنْ قُبِضَ عَلَيْهِ فِي سَنَةِ خَمْسِيْنَ وَأَرْبَعِ مائَةٍ، لأَنْ أَرْسَلاَن التُّركِيَّ البَسَاسِيرِيَّ (٢) ، عَظُمَ شَأْنُهُ لعدمِ نَظِيْرٍ لَهُ. وَتهيبتْه أُمرَاءُ العَرَب وَالعَجَم، وَدُعِي لَهُ عَلَى المَنَابر. وَظَلَمَ وَخرَّب القُرَى، وَانقهرَ مَعَهُ القَائِمُ، ثُمَّ تحُدِّثَ بِأَنَّهُ يُرِيْدُ نهبَ دَارِ الخِلاَفَةِ، وَعَزْلَ القَائِمِ. فَكَاتَب القَائِم طُغْرُلْبَك (٣) مَلِكَ الغُزّ يَسْتَنهضه، وَكَانَ بِالرَّيّ، ثُمَّ أُحْرِقَتْ دَارُ البَسَاسِيرِي،
(*) تاريخ بغداد: ٩ / ٣٩٩ - ٤٠٤، المنتظم: ٨ / ٥٧ وما بعدها، الكامل: ٩ / ٤١٧ وما بعدها، النبراس: ١٣٦ - ١٤٣، الفخري: ٢٥٤، العبر: ٣ / ٢٦٤، تاريخ الخلفاء: ٤١٧ - ٤٢٣، شذرات الذهب: ٣ / ٣٢٦ - ٣٢٧. (١) في " الكامل ": ١٠ / ٩٥. " وقيل أيضا: اسمها علم ". (٢) بفتح الباء الموحدة، والالف بين السينين المهملتين، أولاهما مفتوحة، والاخرى مكسورة، بعدها ياء ساكنة آخر الحروف وفي آخرها الراء، هذه النسبة إلى بلدة بفارس يقال لها: بسا، وبالعربية: فسا، والنسبة بالعربية إليها: فسوي، وأهل فارس ينسبون إليها: البساسيري. " الأنساب ": ٢ / ٢٠٣. وللبساسيري ترجمة في " وفيات الأعيان ": ١ / ١٩٢ - ١٩٣. (٣) هكذا ضبطه ابن خلكان. انظر " وفيات الأعيان ": ٥ / ٦٣ - ٦٨.

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