Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

He also brought the Kingdom of Sicily under his sway; his deputy there won further victories, routed the enemy, the Muslims rejoiced, and his authority became firmly established.⦗1⦘

He left five sons and six daughters.⦗2⦘ The elders used to say that they had never witnessed a conquest of its like. Al-Manṣūr was beloved by the populace, limiting himself to outward displays of Shīʿī sympathies, and, after him, his son al-Muʿizz succeeded.

68 – al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh, Maʿadd son of al-Manṣūr Ismāʿīl b. al-Qāʾim*

He is al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh Abū Tamīm Maʿadd b. al-Manṣūr Ismāʿīl b. al-Qāʾim, the ʿUbaydid Mahdī from the Maghrib for whom al-Qāhira al-Muʿizziyya (Cairo) was built.⦗3⦘ He ruled the western lands and had been his father’s designated heir.

He came to power in 341 AH, then toured the regions of Ifriqiya to consolidate his rule: he subdued the rebels, appointed his mamluks over the cities, recruited troops, and disbursed large sums of money.⦗4⦘ He also equipped his mamluk Jawhar,⦗5⦘ the general, with an army.

(1) Ibn al-Athir, al-Kamil fi al-tarikh, vol. 8, pp. 473–474. (2) al-Maqrizi, Ittiaz al-hunafa, p. 133. (*) Principal sources include: Ibn al-Jawzi, al-Muntazam, vol. 7, pp. 82–83; Ibn al-Athir, al-Kamil fi al-tarikh, vol. 8, p. 498 ff.; Ibn Idhari, al-Bayan al-mughrib, vol. 1, p. 221 ff.; Ibn Khallikan, Wafayat al-a‘yan, vol. 5, pp. 224–228; al-Dhahabi, al-Ibar, vol. 2, p. 339; Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa-n-nihaya, vol. 11, pp. 283–284; Ibn Khaldun, Tarikh, vol. 4, pp. 45–51; al-Maqrizi, Khitat, vol. 1, pp. 351–354, and vol. 2, p. 222; al-Maqrizi, Ittiaz al-hunafa, pp. 134–265; Ibn Taghribirdi, al-Nujum al-zahira, vol. 4, pp. 69–104; Ibn Iyas, Tarikh, vol. 1, pp. 45–48; Ibn al-Imad, Shadharat al-dhahab, vol. 3, pp. 52–54. (3) See Ibn Taghribirdi, al-Nujum al-zahira, vol. 4, pp. 34–54. (4) Ibn al-Athir, al-Kamil fi al-tarikh, vol. 8, pp. 498–499. (5) See p. 120, note 5 of this volume.
وحكَمَ عَلَى مملكَة صَقِلِّيَّة، وَافتَتَح لَهُ نَائِبه عَلَيْهَا فُتُوْحَات وَانتصر عَلَى العَدُوّ وَفرح بِذَلِكَ المُسْلِمُوْنَ وَتوطد سلطَانه (١) . وَخلف خَمْسَة بَنِينَ وَست بنَات (٢) . وَذَكَرَ المَشَايِخ أَنَّهُم مَا رأَوا فتحاً مثله قَطُّ. وَكَانَ المَنْصُوْر محبباً إِلَى الرَّعِيَّةِ مقتصراً عَلَى إِظهَار التَّشَيُّع وَقَامَ بَعْدَهُ المُعَزِّ وَلَدُه. ٦٨ - المُعِزُّ لِدِيْنِ اللهِ معد ابْن المَنْصُوْر إِسْمَاعِيْل بن القَائِم * هُوَ المُعَزِّ لِدِيْنِ اللهِ أَبُو تَمِيْم معد بن المَنْصُوْر إِسْمَاعِيْل بن القَائِم العبيدِي المهدوِي المَغْرِبِيّ الَّذِي بنيت القَاهرَة المعزيَّة لَهُ (٣) كَانَ صَاحِبَ المَغْرِب وَكَانَ وَلِي عهد أَبِيْهِ. وَلِي سَنَة إِحْدَى وَأَرْبَعِيْنَ وَثَلاَثِ مائَةٍ وَسَارَ فِي نَوَاحِي إِفْرِيْقِيَة يُمَهد ملكه فَذَلِّلْ الخَارجين عَلَيْهِ وَاسْتعمل مَمَالِيْكه عَلَى الْمدن وَاسْتخدم الجُنْد وَأَنفق الأَمْوَال (٤) وَجَهَّزَ مَمْلُوكه جَوْهَر (٥) القَائِد فِي الجُيُوش.
(١) " الكامل ": ٨ / ٤٧٣ - ٤٧٤. (٢) " اتعاظ الحنفا ": ١٣٣. (*) المنتظم: ٧ / ٨٢ - ٨٣، الكامل: ٨ / ٤٩٨ وما بعدها، البيان المغرب: ١ / ٢٢١ وما بعدها، وفيات الأعيان: ٥ / ٢٢٤ - ٢٢٨، العبر: ٢ / ٣٣٩، البداية والنهاية: ١١ / ٢٨٣ - ٢٨٤، تاريخ ابن خلدون: ٤ / ٤٥ - ٥١، خطط المقريزي: ١ / ٣٥١ - ٣٥٤، ٢ / ٢٢٢، اتعاظ الحنفا: ١٣٤ - ٢٦٥، النجوم الزاهرة: ٤ / ٦٩ - ١٠٤، تاريخ ابن إياس: ١ / ٤٥ - ٤٨، شذرات الذهب: ٣ / ٥٢ - ٥٤. (٣) انظر " النجوم الزاهرة ": ٤ / ٣٤ - ٥٤. (٤) " الكامل ": ٨ / ٤٩٨ - ٤٩٩. (٥) أنظر ص / ١٢٠ / تعليق / ٥ / من هذا الجزء.

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