Then the year 446 AH began.
In this year:
King Ṭughrul Beg campaigned against the Byzantine lands after seizing Azerbaijan. He captured booty and prisoners, carried out praiseworthy deeds, and then returned safely to Azerbaijan, where he remained for a full year.
In the same year:
Quraysh ibn Badran took al-Anbar, had the Friday sermon there and in Mosul delivered for the sultan Ṭughrul Beg, and expelled al-Basasiri’s deputies.
Also in this year:
Abu al-Hārith al-Muẓaffar al-Basasiri entered Baghdad with the Banū Khafājah on his return from the engagement. Signs of estrangement toward the caliphate appeared from him, so the Caliph wrote to soothe (1) his feelings. In Dhu al-Ḥijjah he marched to al-Anbar, captured it—accompanied by Dubays ibn ʿAlī ibn Mazīd—laid waste some places, and burned others. The Caliph then granted him permission to enter the Audience Hall (Bayt al-Nawbah) that a robe of honor might be bestowed upon him. He came until he was opposite the hall, [kissed the ground], rendered service, and withdrew without crossing the threshold, so the estrangement only deepened.
No one from Iraq performed the pilgrimage this year either. Allah knows best.
Among the notable deaths this year were:
• Al-Ḥusayn ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Dāwud (2), Abū ʿAbd Allah al-Salamasi. He heard hadith from Ibn Shāhīn, Ibn Ḥayyawayh, and al-Dāraqutni; he was trustworthy and reliable, renowned for beneficence, good works, care for the poor, and abundant charity. He was pressed to accept the office of legal witness but refused, and every month he allotted ten dinars for his family’s upkeep.
• ʿAbd Allah ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Abū ʿAbd Allah al-Iṣbahāni (3), known as Ibn al-Labbān. He was among the students of Shaykh Abū Ḥāmid al-Isfarāyini and served as qāḍī of Īdhaj (4). During Ramadan he led the people in the tarāwīḥ prayers, then remained standing afterwards (praying) until dawn broke; it would often happen that the entire month passed without him lying down on the ground. May Allah Most High have mercy upon him.