At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Politics, governance and authorityCities
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Summary
On the night of Thursday in Ramadan 440 AH, al-Malik Abu Kalijar the Buyid died at the age of forty years and several months. His guards looted his treasuries and his weapons, and his son Abu Nasr, titled al-Malik al-Rahim, succeeded him, the last of the Buyid kings in Iraq. 2
The investiture
Al-Malik al-Rahim rode from his camp to the House of the Caliphate and came into the presence of the caliph. He kissed the ground and was seated on a chair. He was dressed in the full robe of honour, a black Rusafi turban, a torque and two swords. A jewelled crown was placed on his head, and two bannered flags were displayed for him. The letter of investiture and titulature was read out, and he was enjoined to fear God and to rule his subjects with justice. He was presented with a dark bay horse with a gold saddle. He dismounted, then went up to his tent and sat on his seat while people came to congratulate him; it was a day long remembered. 1
Connections
- Occurred at
- Baghdad
- Had participant
- al-Malik Abu Kalijar ibn Sultan al-Dawla· al-Malik al-Rahim Abu Nasr Khusraw Firuz· al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah Abd Allah ibn al-Qadir
People and things also explored
The return of al-Qa'im from Haditha to Baghdad· The diwan manifesto impugning the Ubaydid genealogy· The death of al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah and the accession of al-Muqtadi· Investiture of Tughril as King of the East and West by Caliph al-Qa'im· Abu Kalijar Enters Baghdad and the Kettledrums Are Beaten for Him· The death of al-Qadir and the accession of al-Qa'im bi-amr Allah, 422· The battle of al-Basasiri and the sermon for the Ubaydi al-Mustansir in Baghdad· The restoration of the khutba to Jalal al-Dawla in Baghdad
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.478-479
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.478-479,481
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Death of Abu Kalijar and investiture of al-Malik al-Rahim”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/malik-al-rahim-accession-440/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.