A number of leading dignitaries served as his viziers, and he was among the best of the caliphs, ever enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong (1). He abolished customs duties and taxes from the populace, and shielded them from innovations and calamities. He was patient, dignified, and generous. May Allah Most High have mercy on him, moisten his grave with mercy (2), and make Paradise his abode.

After his death, allegiance to the caliphate was pledged to his son, the Caliph al-Nāsir (3).

Among the notable figures who died in that year were (4):

Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAlī, Abū Isḥāq al-Sulamī, the Shāfiʿī jurist known as Ibn al-Farrāʾ, originally from Āmid and later residing in Baghdad (5). He was an outstanding, virtuous jurist, a skillful debater, eloquent, articulate, and a consummate poet. He died at the age of seventy-four. The funeral prayer over him was led by Abū al-Ḥasan al-Qazwīnī, professor at the Niẓāmiyyah school (6), may Allah Most High have mercy on him (7).

Ismāʿīl ibn Mawhūb ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khaḍr, Abū Muḥammad al-Jawāliqi (8), surnamed (9) Ḥujjat al-Islām (the Proof of Islam) (10): he was one of the foremost authorities on the Arabic language of his time, singled out among his peers for sound religion, firm certainty, mastery of language and grammar, truthfulness of speech, sincerity of intention, and excellence of conduct throughout his life. He listened to ḥadīth (11) and transmitted them (12), comprehended the reports (13) and followed their path and purpose (14). May Allah have mercy on him and honor his resting place.