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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

al-Hasan ibn Jahdam, ʿAbdān al-Manbijī, ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Bakr, and others.

Al-Sulamī said: “He lived for more than one hundred years and was one of the most eminent shaykhs of his age, with the soundest inner state.” (1)

Abū Naṣr al-Sarrāj reported: Abū Bakr al-Duqqī said, “I was in the desert when I came upon a tribe. A man there hosted me, and I noticed a black slave-boy who was shackled and six camels. The boy said, ‘Intercede for me.’

“I replied, ‘I will not eat until you release him.’

“He answered, ‘He has ruined me.’

“I asked, ‘What did he do?’

“He said, ‘He has a beautiful voice. He chanted to these camels, though they were heavily laden, until they covered a three-day journey in a single day. When their loads were removed, every last one of them died. Even so, I have given him to you.’

“When morning came I wished to hear his voice, so I asked him. A camel used for drawing water was standing nearby; he sang, and the camel went mad, snapped its ropes, and wandered off. Never have I thought I heard a lovelier voice—I fell flat on my face.”

Al-Duqqī died on the seventh of Jumādā al-Ūlā, 360 AH.

97 – Ibn Abī Yaʿlā, Abū al-Qāsim al-Hāshimī of Damascus *

The noble, venerated Abū al-Qāsim (2) Ibn Abī Yaʿlā al-Hāshimī al-Dimashqī.

He rose in revolt at Damascus; the youths and brigands rallied to him, and he took control of the city. He stopped the public prayer for al-Muʿizz and instead invoked the caliph al-Muṭīʿ at the end of 359 AH. His power swelled, so al-Muʿizz’s army advanced. They met in battle; the Sharīf fled toward Iraq, and near Tadmor he was captured by the amir Ibn ʿAliyān al-ʿAdawī,

(1) Tabaqat al-sufiyya, p. 448; the passage placed within brackets is taken from this work. (*) Al-Kamil by Ibn al-Athir, vol. 8, pp. 591–592; Al-Ibr, vol. 2, p. 319; Shadharat al-Dhahab, vol. 3, p. 35. (2) Only the numeral was found; the missing comment was most likely the translator’s name, which we have accordingly supplied.

الحَسَنِ بنُ جَهْضَمَ، وَعَبدَانُ المنبجِيُّ، وَعَبْدُ الوَاحِدِ بنُ بَكْرٍ، وَآخرُوْنَ. قَالَ السُّلَمِيُّ: عُمِّرَ فَوْقَ مائَةِ سَنَةٍ، وَكَانَ مِنْ أَجلِّ مشَايخِ وَقْتِهِ، وَأَحسَنِهِم حَالاً (١) . قَالَ أَبُو نَصْرٍ السَّرَّاجُ: حَكَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ الدُّقِّيُّ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ بِالبَادِيَةِ، فَوَافيتُ قَبيلَةً، فَأَضَافَنِي رَجُلٌ، فرَأَيتُ غُلاَماً أَسْوَدَ مقيَّداً، وَرَأَيْتُ جمَالاً سِتَّةً، فَقَالَ الغُلاَمُ: اشفَعْ لِي. قُلْتُ: لاَ آكُلُ حَتَّى تحلَّهُ. قَالَ: إِنَّهُ أَفقرنِي. قُلْتُ: مَا فعلَ؟ قَالَ: لَهُ صوتٌ طيِّبٌ، فَحَدَا لهذهِ الجمَالِ وَهِيَ مثقلةٌ، حَتَّى قطعتْ مسيرَةَ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي يَوْمٍ، فَلَمَّا حطَّ عَنْهَا مَاتَتْ كُلُّهَا، وَلَكِن قَدْ وَهبتُهُ لَكَ، فَلَمَّا أَصبحتُ أَحببتُ أَنْ أَسمَعَ صوتَهُ، فسأَلتُهُ، وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ جملٌ يُسْتَقَى عَلَيْهِ، فَحَدَا، فَهَامَ الجملُ عَلَى وَجهِهِ، وَقطعَ حبالَهُ، وَلَمْ أَظنَّ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ أَطيبَ مِنْ صَوْتِهِ، وَوقعتُ لوَجْهِي. مَاتَ الدُّقِّيُّ فِي سَابعِ جُمَادَى الأُولَى سنَةَ سِتِّيْنَ وَثَلاَثِ مائَةٍ. ٩٧ - ابْنُ أَبِي يَعْلَى أَبُو القَاسِمِ الهَاشِمِيُّ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ * الشَّرِيْفُ، المعظَّمُ، أَبُو القَاسِمِ (٢) ابْنُ أَبِي يَعْلَى الهَاشِمِيُّ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ. ثَارَ بِدِمَشْقَ، وَالتفَّ عَلَيْهِ الأَحدَاثُ وَالشُّطَّارُ، وَتملَّكَ بِدِمَشْقَ، وَقطعَ دَعْوَةَ المعزِّ، وَدَعَا إِلَى الخَلِيْفَةِ المُطِيعِ فِي آخِرِ سَنَةِ تِسْعٍ وَخَمْسِيْنَ وَثَلاَثِ مائَةٍ، اسْتفحلَ أَمرُهُ، فَأَقبلَ جَيْشُ المعزِّ، فَالتَقَوا، فَهَرَبَ الشَّرِيْفُ، وَطلبَ العِرَاقَ، فَأَسرَهُ عِنْدَ تَدْمُر الأَمِيْرُ ابْنُ عليانَ العَدَوِيُّ،

(١) " طبقات الصوفية " ٤٤٨ وما بين حاصرتين منه. (*) الكامل لابن الأثير: ٨ / ٥٩١ - ٥٩٢، العبر: ٢ / ٣١٩، شذرات الذهب: ٣ / ٣٥. (٢) وجد الرقم فقط والغالب ان التعليق الساقط هو اسم المترجم فوضعناه.