—so magnificent that words cannot describe it. She (1) survived her husband al-ʿĀḍid by many years and lived to see the Fatimid state brought down by the king Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb ibn Shādhī (2) in the year 564 AH, as will be related in detail, Allah willing. In the same year: The great sultan, lord of Ghazna, Khusraw Shah (3) ibn Bahrām Shah ibn Masʿūd ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Masʿūd ibn Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktigin—descendant of a line of sovereignty (4) and exalted authority inherited from generation to generation—died. He was among the noblest of kings and the best-conducted of them, fond of learning and of those who pursue it. His death occurred in Rajab of this year. His son Malikshah succeeded him. ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn al-Ḥusayn ibn Malik of Ghur (5) marched against him and besieged Ghazna for some time, but was unable to take it and returned empty-handed. In the same year: Sultan Malikshah (6) ibn Sultan Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn Malikshah ibn Alp Arslan the Seljuq died in Isfahan, having been poisoned. It is said that the vizier ʿAwn al-Dīn ibn Hubayra arranged for someone to administer the poison to him; Allah knows best. In the same year: The amir of the pilgrimage, Qaymaz (7) ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Urjuwānī (8), died. He fell (9) from his horse while playing polo on the caliphal parade ground; his brain flowed from his ear and he died instantly—may Allah have mercy on him. He had been one of the finest emirs, so the people grieved for him, and a great multitude attended his funeral. He died (10) in Shaʿbān of this year, and the pilgrimage that year was led by the amir Buzghash, the fief-holder of Kufa. That same year the eminent amir Shirkuh ibn Shādhī, commander of the armies of King Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Zangī (11), performed the pilgrimage and distributed large sums in charity. In this year likewise: The judge Zaki al-Dīn (12) Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn [Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿAlī al-Qurashī] asked to be relieved from