In that same year:
• The Ṣaqāliba (Slavs) surrendered the fortress of Luʾluʾah to the Byzantine tyrant—may Allah curse him.
• The brother of Sharkab the Camel-Driver overran Nishapur, expelled its governor al-Ḥusayn ibn Ṭāhir, and confiscated one-third of the citizens’ wealth, may Allah disgrace him.
• Al-Faḍl ibn Isḥāq al-ʿAbbāsī led the people in the pilgrimage.

[Among the notable deaths in that year]
Musāwir ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Shārī, the Kharijite (1): he was counted among the celebrated champions and famed warriors; large numbers of Bedouins and others had gathered around him, and his rebellion lasted a long time—until Allah shattered him.

The vizier of the caliphate, ʿUbayd Allah ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān (2): while in the parade ground he was struck by a servant called Rashīq; he fell head-first from his mount, his brains oozing from his ears and nose, and died three hours later. Abū Aḥmad al-Muwaffaq ibn al-Mutawakkil performed the funeral prayer over him and walked in his procession. This occurred on Friday, the tenth of Dhū al-Qaʿdah of that year. The next day al-Ḥasan ibn Mukhlad was appointed vizier, but when Mūsā ibn Bugha reached Sāmarrāʾ he deposed him and installed Sulaymān ibn Wahb instead. The house of ʿUbayd Allah ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān was handed over to the emir known as Kayghalaq.

Aḥmad ibn al-Azhar (3);
al-Ḥasan ibn Abī al-Rabīʿ (4);
and Muʿāwiyah ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Ashʿarī (5).

[Then the year 264 AH began]
In its Muḥarram, Abū Aḥmad and Mūsā ibn Bugha encamped in Sāmarrāʾ; they departed two nights into Ṣafar, and set out—