In that same year:

The caliph’s vizier, ʿAḍud al-Dawla ibn Raʾīs al-Ruʾasāʾ ibn al-Musalima, set out for the pilgrimage. The people accompanied him outside the city to bid him farewell. Three Batinis—agents of the secret sect—approached him disguised as beggars, each carrying a written petition. One of them stepped forward as though to hand him his paper, clasped him in an embrace (1), and struck him several times with a knife. The second assailed him, and the third (2) joined in; they slashed him savagely, wounding a number of those (3) who stood nearby. The three attackers were killed on the spot, and their bodies were burned (4). The vizier was carried back to his house and died later that same day (5)—may Allah pardon him and deal with him gently.

He had earlier pursued the two sons (6) of the former vizier Ibn Hubayra, hounding them until he put them to death and confiscated their property; so Allah let loose upon him someone who killed him (7). “As you deal, so shall you be dealt”—a fitting recompense—“and your Lord is never unjust to His slaves” (8).

Among the notable persons who died this year were:

Ṣadaqa ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abū al-Faraj al-Ḥaddād (9):
He memorised the Quran, studied hadith, mastered jurisprudence, issued legal opinions, composed poetry, engaged in kalām (10), and took part in formal debates. He also compiled a chronicle, appending it to that of his teacher Ibn al-Zāghūnī (11), in which he recorded many curious and remarkable things.

Ibn al-Saʿī said: He was a learned and virtuous shaykh, but poor, living on the wages he earned from copying manuscripts. He lodged in a mosque in Baghdad near al-Badriyya, where he led the prayers, and he was often heard lamenting the times and their people. I found Ibn al-Jawzī, in al-Muntaẓam (12), censuring him severely, charging him with grave matters and quoting verses of his poetry that resemble those of Ibn al-Rāwandī (13) in impiety.