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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

of Allah; ʿAlī is the best of the successors.⦗1⦘ On the reverse appeared the name of al-Muʿizz and the date of minting. The call to prayer was openly given with the formula ḥayya ʿalā khayr al-ʿamal (“Come to the best of deeds”).⦗2⦘ A further proclamation declared: “If someone dies leaving a daughter together with a brother or a sister, the entire estate goes to the daughter”—such, they said, is their ruling.⦗3⦘

Jawhar then dispatched a gift to al-Muʿizz consisting of twenty kajāwa camel-litters, one of them studded with jewels; fifty fully equipped horses; fifty-five ornamented she-camels; three hundred and fifty Bactrian camels; a number of loads filled with rare goods; and birds in cages. These were conveyed by Jawhar’s son Jaʿfar, accompanied by several Ikhshidid amirs who travelled under safe-conduct and were treated with honor.⦗4⦘⦗5⦘

He kept the sons of the former ruler, ʿAlī ibn al-Ikhshīd, in comfortable custody, treated the populace kindly, and distributed a large sum in charity. Ramla was taken by the sword; its governor al-Ḥasan, the nephew of al-Ikhshīd, together with his officers, were captured and sent to the Maghrib.⦗6⦘

Because of the severe famine he ordered the local notables to maintain the poor. Al-Muʿizz meanwhile made his own preparations, appointed Bulukkīn al-Ṣanhājī as his deputy over the Maghrib, and departed, carrying with him his treasuries and the coffins of his forefathers.⦗7⦘⦗8⦘ His entry into Alexandria took place in Shaʿbān of the year 362 AH.⦗9⦘

(1) Itiʿaz al-Hunafa, pp. 164-165. (2) Al-Kamil, vol. 9, p. 590. (3) For the opinion held by the majority of Muslim jurists on this question, see Ibn Qudama, al-Mughni, vol. 6, pp. 168-169. (4) Al-kajawa means a hodaj (camel litter); the word is of Persian origin. (5) Wafayat al-Aʿyan, vol. 5, p. 61. (6) Wafayat al-Aʿyan, vol. 5, pp. 60-61. (7) For his biography, see Al-Kamil, vol. 8, pp. 623-625, and Wafayat al-Aʿyan, vol. 1, pp. 286-287. (8) Itiʿaz al-Hunafa, p. 186. (9) See Al-Kamil, vol. 8, pp. 620-623.

الله عليّ خَيْر الْوَصِيّين، وَالوَجْه الآخر اسْم المُعَزِّ وَالتَّارِيْخ (١) وَأَعلن الأَذَان بحِي عَلَى خَيْر الْعَمَل (٢) وَنُودِي مَنْ مَاتَ، عَنْ بنْت وَأَخ أَوْ أُخْت فَالمَال كُلّه لِلْبنت فَهَذَا رَأْي هَؤُلاَءِ (٣) . ثمَّ جهَّز جَوْهَر هَدِيَّة إِلَى المُعَزِّ وَهِيَ عِشْرُوْنَ كجَاوَة (٤) مِنْهَا وَاحِدَة مرصعَة بِالجَوَاهِر وَخَمْسُوْنَ فرساً كَامِلَة العدَة وَخَمْس وَخَمْسُوْنَ نَاقَة مزينَة وَثَلاَثِ مائَةٍ وَخَمْسُوْنَ جملاً بخَاتِي، وَعِدَّة أَحمَال مِنْ نفَائِس المَتَاع وَطيور فِي أَقفَاص سَارَ بِهَا جَعْفَر وَلد جَوْهَر وَمَعَهُ عِدَّة أُمرَاء إِخشيديَة تَحْتَ الحوطَة مكرمِين (٥) وَاعتقل أَبْنَاء الْملك عَلِيّ بن الإِخشيد فِي رفَاهيَة وَأَحسن إِلَى الرَّعِيَّةِ وَتصدَّق بِمَال عَظِيْم. وَأَخذت الرملَة بِالسَّيْف وَأسر صَاحِبهَا الحَسَن بن أَخِي الإِخشيد وَأَمرَاؤُه وَبعثَوا إِلَى المَغْرِب (٦) ، وَأَمر الأَعيَان بِأَنَّ يعولُوا المسَاكين لشِدَّة الغلاَء، فتَهَيَّأَ المُعَزِّ وَاسْتنَاب عَلَى المَغْرِب بلكين (٧) الصِنْهَاجِي وَسَارَ بخزَائِنه وَتوَابيت آبَائِهِ (٨) . وَكَانَ دُخُوْله (٩) إِلَى الإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة فِي شَعْبَانَ سَنَةَ اثْنَتَيْنِ

(١) " اتعاظ الحنفا ": ١٦٤ - ١٦٥. (٢) " الكامل ": ٩ / ٥٩٠. (٣) أنظر رأي جمهور أئمة المسلمين في هذه المسألة " المغني " ٦ / ١٦٨، ١٦٩ لابن قدامة. (٤) الكجاوة: الهودج، واللفظة فارسية. (٥) " وفيات الأعيان ": ٥ / ٦١. (٦) " وفيات الأعيان ": ٥ / ٦٠ - ٦١. (٧) انظر ترجمته في " الكامل ": ٨ / ٦٢٣ - ٦٢٥ و" وفيات الأعيان ": ١ / ٢٨٦ - ٢٨٧. (٨) " اتعاظ الحنفا ": ١٨٦. (٩) انظر " الكامل ": ٨ / ٦٢٠ - ٢٣