Then the year 379 AH began.
In this year Sharaf al-Dawla ibn ʿAḍud al-Dawla ibn Būyah the Daylamite passed away. On the physicians’ advice he had moved to the palace of Muʿizz al-Dawla because the air there was healthier, owing to the severity (1) of the illness he suffered. When Jumada I arrived his condition worsened and he died during that month, having appointed his son (2) Abū Nasr as his successor.
The caliph came on board a ṭiyār (royal barge) to condole with Abū Nasr on the death of his father. Abū Nasr, with the Turks and the Daylamis before him, went out to receive the Caliph and kissed the ground in front of him, as did the rest of the army, while the Caliph remained in the barge and they continued to kiss the ground in his direction.
The raʾīs Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz then came from the Caliph to Abū Nasr and conveyed the Caliph’s condolences; Abū Nasr kissed the ground a second time. The envoy returned to the Caliph with Abū Nasr’s thanks, then returned once more on the Caliph’s behalf to bid him farewell, whereupon Abū Nasr kissed the ground a third time. The Caliph then returned to his residence in his ṭiyāra.
On Saturday, the tenth of the same month, the amir Abū Nasr rode to the presence of the Caliph al-Ṭāʾiʿ li-llāh, accompanied by nobles, dignitaries, judges, and commanders. The Caliph was seated in the riwāq (portico). When the amir Abū Nasr ibn Sharaf al-Dawla ibn ʿAḍud al-Dawla ibn Rukn al-Dawla ibn Būyah arrived, the Caliph bestowed upon him seven robes of honor, the finest of them black, and a black turban. A collar was placed round his neck and two bracelets on his arm, while the chamberlains walked before him with swords and belts. When he stood before the Caliph he kissed the ground once more. A chair was set for him; he sat upon it while the raʾīs Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz read out his deed of investiture. He handed his banner to al-Ṭāʾiʿ, who tied it with his own hand and conferred upon him the honorific “Bahāʾ al-Dawla wa Ḍiyāʾ al-Milla.” He then withdrew, the army accompanying him until he returned to the Palace of Dominion. He confirmed the vizier Abū Manṣūr ibn Ṣāliḥān (3) in his office and bestowed a robe of honor upon him.
In this same year the Qatīʿa Mosque—Qatīʿat Umm Jaʿfar—on the western side of Baghdad was built. Its origin was that a woman saw in a dream the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, praying at that spot and placing his hand on a wall there. When she awoke she remembered the dream, and they found the imprint of a hand exactly where she had seen it; so a mosque was erected. The woman herself died that very day. Later the sharīf Abū Aḥmad al-Mūsawī rebuilt the mosque, enlarged it, and turned it into a jāmiʿ (congregational mosque). He sought the permission of the Caliph al-Ṭāʾiʿ li-llāh to hold the Friday service there; the Caliph granted it, and the people performed the prayer there in this same year. May Allah have mercy on him.