مرض أبي أحمد الموفق ثم موته

The sources record the illness and death of Abu Ahmad al-Muwaffaq in 278 AH, and differ over the details of his arrival in Baghdad and the day of his death. ¹

Abu Ahmad al-Muwaffaq returned from the mountain to Iraq with gout so severe that he could no longer ride. He died on Wednesday, eight days before the end of Safar, and was buried at al-Rusafa beside his mother's grave. ^{1 2}

Al-Mas'udi says that he came from Azerbaijan ill, carried by men in a wooden house. He reached Baghdad in Safar 278 AH, the commanders were thrown into disorder, and the common people plundered some houses. He died at the age of forty-nine, and his name was Talha. ³

According to Ibn al-Jawzi, al-Muwaffaq arrived in Muharram and people met him at the river. He was ill with gout, entered his house at the beginning of Safar, and died a few days later. ⁴

The accounts differ on the exact day, and the museum presents them without preferring one.