Dubays ibn Ṣadaqa ibn Manṣūr ibn Dubays ibn ʿAlī ibn Mazīd, Abū al-Agharr (1) al-Asadī (2), a prince born of princes, from a household of rule and the leaders of the Bedouin:
He was a courageous champion who performed remarkable exploits. Out of fear of the caliph he wandered from land to land, until the caliph al-Mustarshid was eventually reconciled with him, as we have already mentioned. When the caliph was killed, Dubays survived him for thirty-four days. Then he was accused before Sultan Masʿūd of having written to Zankī, advising him not to come to the sultan (3), [wa-yuḥadhiruhu minhu] (warning him against him) (4) and telling him to save himself. The sultan sent an Armenian slave to him; the man found Dubays with his head bowed (5), deep in thought about his predicament (6). Without uttering a word, he drew his sword and struck him, severing his head from his body.
It is also said that the sultan had summoned him (7) and put him to death in his presence by deliberate execution; Allah knows best.
Ṭughrul, the sultan, son of Sultan Muḥammad ibn Malikshāh (8):
He died in Hamadhan on Wednesday, the third of Muḥarram of this year.
ʿAlī (9) ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Darzijānī (10):
He was a devout ascetic. Ibn al-Jawzī (11) relates that he used to say the Divine Power extends even to what is impossible (12). Abū al-Ḥasan al-Zāghūnī (13) later reproved him for that statement (14) and excused him on account of his ignorance and his failure to comprehend (16) what he was saying.