The pilgrims from Khurasan reached Baghdad, and Mūnis al-Khadim apologized to them, explaining that the Qarmatians had set upon the Meccan pilgrims, so the latter had turned back. Consequently, the hajj could not be performed that year from Iraq at all.

In Dhu al-Qaʿdah the caliph dismissed his vizier Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Khaṣībī after one year and two months in office, ordering that he be seized and imprisoned. The dismissal was due to his neglect of the vizierate and of public interests, for he spent every night drinking wine and awoke each morning drunk and bereft of sense. He had handed all affairs over to his deputies, who betrayed him and pursued their own advantage. In his place the caliph appointed Abū al-Qāsim ʿUbayd Allah ibn Muḥammad al-Kalwadhānī as acting vizier on behalf of ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā until the latter could arrive. A summons was then sent to ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā in Damascus; he entered Baghdad in great pomp, examined both public and private matters, restored sound administration, set affairs aright, and summoned al-Khaṣībī. He threatened, reproached, and interrogated him about what he had been doing in his private life (1) and in public affairs, all in the presence of the judges and dignitaries, after which he returned him to prison.

In the same year Naṣr ibn Aḥmad al-Sāmānī, surnamed al-Saʿīd, (2) took possession of Rayy and resided there until 316 AH (3).

That year the summer expeditionary force from Tarsus raided Byzantine territory, seized booty, and returned safely.

The caravan from Iraq did not perform the pilgrimage because of fear of the Qarmatians—may Allah curse them.

Among the notable people who died this year were:
• Saʿd al-Nūbī (4), guardian of the Nūbī Gate (5) of the caliphal palace in Baghdad. He died in Ṣafar of this year, and his brother was appointed to guard the gate, which thereafter bore his name.
• Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Bāhilī (6).
• Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn Lubābah al-Qurṭubī (7).