in the Muʿaẓẓamiyya (1) quarter at the foot of Mount Qasyun (2).

Prince Mujīr al-Dīn Ṭāshtekīn al-Mustanjidī (3), commander of the ḥajj caravan and governor of Khuzistan.

He was a virtuous shaykh, of praiseworthy conduct and devoted worship, yet markedly inclined toward Shiʿism. He died in Tustar (4) on 2 Jumāda al-Ākhira 602 AH, and—by his own instruction—his coffin was carried to Kūfa and buried at the shrine of ʿAlī (5). Ibn al-Saʿī records him in exactly these terms in his History (6).

Abū Shāma states in al-Dhail (7) that he was Ṭāshtekīn (8) ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Muqtafawī (9), commander of the pilgrimage caravan, his honorific being Mujīr (10) al-Dīn. He led the pilgrims for twenty-six years, and in the Ḥijāz he comported himself like a king. The vizier Ibn Yūnus accused him of corresponding with Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn, whereupon the caliph imprisoned him; once the caliph discovered the charge was groundless, he released him, granted him Khuzistan, and restored him to the leadership of the ḥajj (12). Al-Ḥilla al-Sayfiyya (13) formed his iqtāʿ. Courageous, generous, open-handed, and laconic, he could pass an entire week without uttering a single word. He was also forbearing and patient. A man once sought his aid against one of his deputies, but he did not answer, so the petitioner exclaimed, “Are you a donkey?” He replied, “No.”

Concerning him, Ibn al-Taʿāwīdhī (14) composed these lines (khafīf metre):
“A prince set over the land, exalted—
he answers the complainant with nothing but silence.”