Then the year 502 AH began.
• In Shaʿbān the caliph al-Mustazhir bi-Llah married Khātūn, daughter of Malikshāh and sister of Sultan Muḥammad. Her dower was set at one hundred thousand dinars, gold was scattered in celebration, and the marriage contract was drawn up in Isfahan (1).
• During this year many battles were fought between the Atabeg Ṭughtakīn, lord of Damascus, and the Franks—may Allah curse them.
• Also this year Saʿīd ibn Ḥumayd al-ʿUmari took possession of al-Ḥilla al-Sayfiyya (2).
• The Tigris overflowed, drowning the crops, and prices rose sharply.
• The amir Qaymaz led the people in the pilgrimage.
Among the notable deaths of the year were:
– Ḥasan al-ʿAlawi (3) Abū Hāshim, son of the leading dignitary of Hamadhan. A man of vast wealth, the sultan confiscated nine hundred (4) thousand dinars from him, yet he did not have to sell any property or other assets.
– Ḥusayn ibn ʿAli (5) Abū l-Fawāris, son of al-Khāzin the scribe, renowned for his proportioned calligraphy. He died in Dhū l-Ḥijjah of this year. Ibn Khallikān writes that he copied with his own hand five hundred complete Qur’an manuscripts (6); his death came suddenly—may Allah Most High show him mercy.
– ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Ismāʿīl (7) ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, Abū l-Maḥāsin al-Rūyānī (8):