Then, in the year 363, and specifically on ʿĀshūrāʾ, ⦗1⦘ a brazen innovation—long practised by the Rawāfiḍ (Shiʿites)—was staged, and a fierce clash erupted in Baghdad between the Sunnis and the Rawāfiḍ, both parties being of little sense—or none at all ⦗2⦘—and far from sound judgment. A group of Sunnis mounted a woman on a camel and named her ʿĀʾishah; some of them called themselves Ṭalḥah and others al-Zubayr, proclaiming, “We are marching to fight the supporters of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib.” Because of this ⦗3⦘ many people on both sides were killed, the street ruffians (ʿayyārūn) spread chaos in the city, property was plundered and men were slain. A number of them were then seized, executed, and crucified, whereupon the turmoil subsided ⦗4⦘.

In that same year ʿIzz al-Dawlah Bakhtiyār [ibn Muʿizz al-Dawlah] ⦗5⦘ took Mosul and married his daughter ⦗6⦘ to Abū Taghlib ibn Ḥamdān.

That year also saw civil strife in Basra between the Daylamites and the Turks. The Daylamites prevailed, for sovereignty was in their hands; they killed great numbers of Turks ⦗7⦘, kept their heads as trophies, and seized much of their wealth.

ʿIzz al-Dawlah then wrote to his household: “I shall send you a letter saying that I have died. When it reaches you, display mourning and sit to receive condolences. When Subuktakīn comes to offer his condolences, arrest him, for he is the pillar and leader of the Turks.” When the dispatch arrived in Baghdad they put on displays of wailing and loud lamentation ⦗8⦘ and gathered for condolences. Subuktakīn realised it was a ruse and stayed away. Open enmity thus arose between him and ʿIzz al-Dawlah. Without delay he mounted with the Turks and they besieged ʿIzz al-Dawlah’s residence in Baghdad for two days; then they evicted his family, plundered its contents, and sent them down the Tigris to Wāsiṭ in exile. He had intended to send the caliph al-Muṭīʿ with them, but the caliph implored him, so he spared him and allowed him to remain in his house. Subuktakīn and the Turks thereby grew stronger in Baghdad, and the city was looted