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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

the thick of the champions, whereupon Hiftakīn, his followers, and the Qarmatians broke ranks and fled, while a fierce slaughter overtook them.

A proclamation was issued: “Whoever captures Hiftakīn shall receive one hundred thousand dinars.”

Hiftakīn, wounded, slipped away with three companions, but Mufrij ibn Dagfal caught up with him. He brought him before al-ʿAzīz, who did him no harm; on the contrary, he kept him for a long time and raised him to the highest ranks. Later, however, the vizier Ibn Killis (1) had him served a drink, an act that al-ʿAzīz disavowed. Ibn Killis then placated him with five hundred thousand dinars (2).

In the year 368, Qassām al-Jubaylī, known as al-Tarrāb (3), seized Damascus, and the city’s unruly youths and brigands rallied around him. Its amir no longer retained any authority over them (4).

An envoy from al-ʿAzīz came to the ruler of the day, ʿAḍud al-Dawlah, requesting that the Friday sermon be delivered in al-ʿAzīz’s name. ʿAḍud al-Dawlah answered with courtesy, warmth, and gifts, yet the matter was not carried through (5).

In that same year—369—the caliph al-Ṭāʾiʿ invested ʿAḍud al-Dawlah with the sultanate. He elevated him to the loftiest ranks, entrusted to him the affairs of the populace east and west, fastened two banners for him with his own hand, and added to his honorifics the title Tāj al-Milla (Crown of the Faith) (6).

Al-Ṭāʾiʿ then married ʿAḍud al-Dawlah’s daughter, settling on a dowry of one hundred thousand dinars (7).

(1) Yaqub ibn Yusuf ibn Ibrahim ibn Kills, Abu al-Faraj, was born in Baghdad. His father took him to Syria and later sent him on to Egypt, where he entered the service of Kafur al-Ikhshidi, who appointed him to head the fiscal administration of both Syria and Egypt and placed great trust in him. Originally Jewish, he embraced Islam, then moved to the Far West (al-Maghrib al-Aqsa), served the Fatimid caliph al-Muizz, and finally became vizier to al-Aziz. He died during al-Aziz’s reign in 380/990–91. See Wafayat al-ayan, 7:27–34. (2) See al-Kamil, 8:656–661. (3) Qassam al-Harithi, from the village of Talifita in the Senir region, began by transporting earth on pack animals; his fortunes rose until he took control of Damascus. Caliph al-Aziz sent an army from Egypt against him; after several days of fighting his power crumbled and he sought amnesty in 376/986–87. Biographical notice in Umara Dimashq, 68. (4) Dhayl Tarikh Dimashq, 21 ff. (5) Al-Muntazam, 7:98. (6) Al-Muntazam, 7:98–100. (7) Al-Muntazam, 7:101.

الأَبطَال فَاْنَهَزَمَ هِفتكين، وَمَنْ مَعَهُ وَالقَرَامِطَة، وَاسْتَحَرَّ بِهِم القَتْلُ. وَنُودِي: مَنْ أَسَرَ هِفتكين فَلَهُ مائَةُ أَلْفِ دِيْنَارٍ. وَذهَبَ هِفتكين جريحاً فِي ثَلاَثَة، فَظَفِرَ بِهِ مُفْرِج بنُ دَغْفَل. ثُمَّ أَتَى بِهِ العَزِيْزَ، فَلَمْ يُؤْذِهِ بَلْ بَلَّغَه أَعْلَى الرُّتَب مُديدَةً ثُمَّ سقَاهُ ابْنُ كِلِّس (١) الوَزِيْر، فَأَنكَرَ العَزِيْزُ ذَلِكَ. فَدَارَاهُ ابْنُ كِلِّس بِخَمْسِ مائَة أَلْف دِيْنَار (٢) . وَفِي سَنَةِ ٣٦٨ توثَّب عَلَى دِمَشْق قسّام الجُبَيْلِي التَّرَّاب (٣) ، وَالتفَّ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدَاثُ البَلَد وَشُطَّارُهَا. وَلَمْ يَبْقَ لأَمِيْرهَا مَعَهُ أَمْر (٤) . وَجَاءَ رَسُوْلُ العَزِيْز إِلَى أَمِيْرِ الوَقْت عَضُد الدَّوْلَة ليَخْطُبَ لَهُ، فَأَجَابَهُ بتلطُّفٍ وَودٍّ وَإِتحَافٍ، وَلَمْ يتَهَيَّأَ ذَلِكَ (٥) . وَفِيْهَا - أَي سنَة ٦٩ -:سَلْطَنَ الطَّائِعُ عَضُدَ الدَّوْلَة. وَبَلَّغَهُ أَقصَى الرُّتَب، وَفَوَّضَ إِلَيْهِ أُمُورَ الرَّعيّة شَرْقاً وَغَرْباً، وَعَقَدَ بِيَدِهِ لَهُ لوَاءْين، وَزَادَ فِي أَلقَابه تَاج الملَة (٦) . وَتَزَوَّجَ الطَّائِعُ بِبِنْتِهِ عَلَى مائَةِ أَلْفِ دِيْنَار (٧) .

(١) وهو يعقوب بن يوسف بن إبراهيم بن كلس، أبو الفرج، ولد ببغداد وسافر به أبوه إلى الشام، ثم أنفذه إلى مصر، فاتصل بكافور الاخشيدي، فولاه ديوانه بالشام ومصر، ووثق به. وكان يهوديا فأسلم. ثم انتقل إلى المغرب الاقصى فخدم المعز ثم ولي وزارة العزيز، وتوفي في أيامه سنة / ٣٨٠ / هـ انظر " وفيات الأعيان ": ٧ / ٢٧ - ٣٤. (٢) انظر " الكامل ": ٨ / ٦٥٦ - ٦٦١. (٣) قسام الحارثي، من قرية من قرى سنير يقال لها: تلفيتا، كان ينقل في أول أمره التراب على الدواب، ثم انتقلت به الأحوال حتى غلب على دمشق وأرسل العزيز جيشا من مصر لحربه، فقاتله أياما ثم ضعف أمره واستأمن سنة / ٣٧٦ / هـ له ترجمة في " أمراء دمشق ": ٦٨. (٤) " ذيل تاريخ دمشق ": ٢١ وما بعدها. (٥) " المنتظم ": ٧ / ٩٨. (٦) " المنتظم ": ٧ / ٩٨ - ١٠٠. (٧) " المنتظم ": ٧ / ١٠١.