The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh. Part 1 by Ibn al-Athir

Author:Ibn al-Athir [al-Athir, Ibn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780754640776
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017-03-02T08:00:00+00:00

Miscellaneous events

This year rainfall was interrupted and in much of the land there was a shortage of crops. The worst effects were in Iraq. Prices rose and the population of the Sawād emigrated. People fed themselves on what was left after sieving. The situation of the citizens of Baghdad was worsened by the treatment they had from Mankūbars.

This year al-Mustarshid bi-Allāh cancelled every unjust demand in the fief that was specific to him and ordered that nothing should be taken except what was according to ancient custom. He waived the tax-farm on gold thread. [545] The manufacturers of siglaton and gold brocade and others who worked with it used to meet with trouble and hardship from those that administered it.

The departure of the pilgrims was delayed this year, because of which there was a rumour that the pilgrimage from Iraq had been cancelled. The caliph appointed Emir Naẓar, the eunuch of Yumn, the commander of the army, and gave him the same authority over the pilgrimage that the commander of the army used to have. He also gave him the money that he would need for the journey and sent him on his way. They accomplished their pilgrimage and Naẓar’s competence was manifested.

Two large ships arrived with supplies and reinforcements for the Franks in Syria but they were wrecked and sank. The people had been fearful of the men they brought.

During this year the envoy of Īlghāzī, the lord of Aleppo and Mārdīn, came to Baghdad to raise men to fight the Franks, telling of what they did to the Muslims in the lands of the Jazīra, that they had seized a castle by Edessa and killed its emir, Ibn ‘Uṭayr. Letters telling of this were sent to Sultan Maḥmūd.

Also this year [the body of] al-Mustaẓhir was transferred to al-Rusāfa, along with all who were buried in the Caliphal Palace, including the grandmother of al-Mustaẓhir, al-Muqtadī’s mother. Her death occurred after al-Mustaẓhir’s. She lived to see the fourth generation of her descendants.11

The situation of the urban gangs on the West Bank at Baghdad became serious this year. The prefect’s deputy crossed to deal with them leading fifty Turkish mamlukes. After a battle he fled from them. Then on the next day he crossed over again with two hundred mamlukes but did not subdue them. The gangs sacked Quṭuftā12 on that day.

The following died this year:

In Sha‘bān [17 November-15 December 1118] Abū’l-Faḍl Bakr ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn al-Faḍl al-Anṣārī, a descendant of Jābir ibn ‘Abd Allāh. Born in Bukhara, he was one of the outstanding Ḥanafī lawyers, an authority for that school of law.

Abū Ṭālib al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn al-Ḥasan al-Zaynabī, the chief syndic at Baghdad, during Ṣafar [June 1118]. He had retired from that office and been succeeded by his brother Ṭirād. He was one of the leading [546] Ḥanafīs and transmitted much Ḥadīth.

In Dhū’l-Ḥijja [15 March-12 April 1119] Abū Zakarīyā Yaḥyā ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhāb ibn Manda al-Iṣbahānī, the renowned Ḥadīth expert from a family of Ḥadīth scholars.

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