As for al-Basāsirī, he fled from the Caliph to the region of al-Rahba ⦗1⦘. He then wrote to the ruler of Egypt, declaring himself ready to establish the Fatimid daʿwa (proclamation of sovereignty) for him in Iraq. The ruler responded by appointing him governor and deputy over al-Rahba, so that he might be fully prepared to carry out the scheme he was plotting—may Allah disgrace them both.

On Tuesday, the tenth of Dhu’l-Qaʿdah ⦗2⦘, Abū ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Dāmghānī ⦗3⦘ was invested with the office of Chief Judge and was honored with a robe of investiture. This occurred after the death of Abū ʿAbd Allah al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Mākūlā. The Caliph next conferred a robe of honor upon King Ṭughrul Beg one day after his entry into Baghdad, and he returned to his residence with kettledrums ⦗4⦘ and trumpets ⦗5⦘ sounding before him.

In that same month Dhakhīrat al-Dīn Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad, son of the Commander of the Faithful al-Qāʾim bi-Amr Allah and his designated heir, passed away. The calamity was immense. The Chief of Chiefs held a mourning session; people came after being ordered to tear their garments, loosen their turbans, and go barefoot. For the days of mourning the kettledrums were silenced both in the Caliphal Palace and in the royal residence, in sorrow for the heir to the caliphate.

In this year Abū Kāmil ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣulayḥī ⦗6⦘ al-Hamadhānī seized most of the provinces of Yemen. The Friday sermon was delivered there in the name of the Fatimids, and the Abbasid khutba was discontinued.

During the same year the depredations and looting of the Oghuz intensified, targeting the people’s livestock. The commoners confronted them, fierce fighting ensued, and the populace plundered the Oghuz so thoroughly that an ox sold for five qirāṭs and a donkey for between two and five qirāṭs.

That year a severe famine struck Mecca and foodstuffs vanished. Allah then sent locusts that covered the land, and the people used them as a substitute for food. No one from Iraq performed the pilgrimage that year.

Prices likewise soared in the region of Ahwāz: in the city of Shiraz a single kur ⦗7⦘ sold for one thousand dinars. The customary strife between the Rāfiḍa and the Sunnis flared up; they fought one another fiercely and without respite, and the authorities were unable to separate the two sides. To Allah we belong and to Him we return.