Qadi Ibn Khallikan (1) said: “Al-Afdal left six hundred million dinars in minted gold (2); as for silver, he left two hundred and fifty irdabbs (3) of dirhams; seventy thousand robes of atlas brocade; thirty pack animals laden with sacks of Iraqi gold; a golden inkwell containing jewels valued at twelve thousand dinars; and one hundred gold nails (4), each nail weighing one hundred mithqals, fixed in the ten reception halls where he used to sit. From every nail hung a kerchief fastened with gold, each kerchief matching one of the colors of his garments, and there were five hundred chests of clothing for his personal use.
He continued: “He also left slaves, horses, mules, mounts, musk, perfumes, and ornaments in quantities known only to Allah—exalted is He. Of cattle, buffaloes, and sheep he owned so many that one is ashamed to give their number (5); the yearly rental income from their milk (6) reached thirty thousand dinars. He further left two large chests filled with gold needles intended for the women of the household.”
ʿAbd al-Razzaq ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAli ibn Isḥaq al-Ṭūsī (7), the nephew of Niẓām al-Mulk, studied jurisprudence under Imām al-Ḥaramayn. He issued legal opinions, taught, debated, served as vizier to Sultan Sanjar, and died in this year.
Khātūn al-Safarīyah (8), the favored consort of Sultan Malikshāh and the mother of the two sultans Muḥammad and Sanjar, was abundant in charity and kindness toward people. Each year she financed a sabil that accompanied the pilgrims. Endowed with faith and virtue, she kept enquiring until she located her mother and family; she then sent large sums of money and brought them to her. When her mother arrived, they had not seen one another for forty years. Wishing to test her mother’s recognition, she sat among her maidservants; the moment her mother heard her speak she knew her, rose, embraced her, and they both wept. Her mother thereupon embraced Islam at her hands—may Allah reward her and treat her graciously.
Khātūn uniquely gave birth to two kings from among the Muslim rulers (9) of the Turkish and Persian realms, a distinction for which scarcely any parallel (10) is known; among the few comparable cases is Wallāda (11) bint al-ʿAbbās, who bore al-Walīd for ʿAbd al-Malik.