his sister Jamila and his wife, the daughter of his cousin Sayf al-Dawla; they were sent to his cousin Saʿd al-Dawla ibn Sayf al-Dawla, the ruler of Aleppo.

Ibn al-Athir reports:

In this same year ʿAḍud al-Dawla renovated Baghdad and enhanced its beauties. He rebuilt the mosques and sacred shrines, and he fixed stipends and regular allowances for the scholars and prayer-leaders—jurists, hadith scholars, physicians, accountants, and others. He distributed grants to the noble families, compelled property-owners in Baghdad to repair their houses and mansions, levelled the roads, abolished the customs levies, repaired the pilgrims’ route from Baghdad to Mecca, and sent alms and gifts to those residing near the Two Sanctuaries.

He also allowed his vizier Naṣr ibn Hārūn—who was a Christian—to repair the churches and monasteries and to disburse funds to their poor (1).

That year Ḥasanawayh ibn Ḥusayn the Kurd died. For fifty years he had controlled the districts of Dīnawar, Hamadhān, and Nahāvand. He was of upright conduct and generous in charity to the Two Sanctuaries and elsewhere. Upon his death his sons fell into dispute and their unity was shattered; ʿAḍud al-Dawla then secured most of his lands, and his power in the region grew stronger.

In the same year ʿAḍud al-Dawla set out at the head of large armies (2) toward the realms of his brother Fakhr al-Dawla, for he had heard that ʿIzz al-Dawla was supporting him and that the two had allied against him. When he had finished with his other enemies, he advanced and took possession of his brother’s territories—Hamadhān, Rayy, and the lands between them—and handed them over to his brother Muʾayyad al-Dawla Būya ibn Rukn al-Dawla (3) to govern on his behalf.

He next marched to the lands of Ḥasanawayh the Kurd, seized them, and carried off his stores and treasuries, which were vast and impressive. He imprisoned some of Ḥasanawayh’s sons, appointed others, and sent forces against the Hakkārī Kurds, taking part of their territory. Thus ʿAḍud al-Dawla’s stature in the land became immense and his fame spread widely. Yet on this campaign he was struck with epilepsy, an illness that had previously afflicted him in Mosul [mithluhu] (4) but which he had concealed. It now overwhelmed him with frequent lapses of memory, so that he could remember nothing except with great effort. This world never delights except to the same degree that it harms.

A house that, whenever it brings laughter in its day,
will make one weep tomorrow—away with such an abode! (5)

Among the notable deaths this year were:

Ahmad ibn ʿAṭāʾ ibn Ahmad (6), Abū ʿAbd Allah al-Rūdhbārī, the nephew of Abū ʿAlī.