Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar Abū al-Ḥasan (1), better known as al-Jahramī (2).
Al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī said: “He was one of the poets we met and heard recite; his verse was excellent. Among his poetry is:
Woe to my heart for all its restless turns—
Forever it yearns for the one who torments it.
They said, “You have hidden your passion with fortitude;”
Had I such fortitude (3) I would have revealed it.
My beloved—may my father be his ransom—is heedless of me,
Yet he rebukes me again and again (4).
His good pleasure is all I seek from life; alas (5)
For my disquiet—and for my death should he grow angry.
Masʿūd al-Malik, son of al-Malik Maḥmūd ibn al-Malik Subuktakīn, ruler of Ghazna and heir to its throne, was slain by his cousin Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd. His own son Mawdūd ibn Masʿūd took vengeance for him, killing his uncle, his cousin, and the men of their household on account of his father. Thereafter authority settled exclusively in his hands with no rival from among his people, as mentioned earlier.
The daughter of the Commander of the Faithful al-Muttaqī lillāh (7) lived on until her death in Rajab of this year, at the age of ninety-one, in the Sacred Sanctuary (al-ḥaram al-Ṭāhirī). She was buried in al-Ruṣāfa. May Allah have mercy on her and on us by His grace and generosity.
[Then came the year 434 AH]
In this year: King Jalāl al-Dawlah Abū Ṭāhir ordered the collection of the jawālī (poll taxes) and forbade the caliph’s officials from receiving them. Al-Qāʾim bi-Amr Allah was greatly disturbed, resolved to leave Baghdad, and dispatched word to the jurists, judges, and notables to prepare to depart with him. Baghdad was thrown into turmoil as a result.