صمصام الدولة بن عضد الدولة
صمصام الدولة بن عضد الدولة
Adud al-Dawla's son, invested by al-Ta'i' in 372 as Shams al-Milla with seven robes and the two standards; his silk-and-cotton tax nearly lit Baghdad in 375 till remitted, and in 376 his brother Sharaf al-Dawla beat and blinded him 1.
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- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Samsam al-Dawla, son of Adud al-Dawla. In the year 372 AH al-Ta'i appointed him in his father's place, gave him the title Shams al-Milla, bestowed seven robes of honour on him, and conferred on him the two banners 2.
In the year 375 AH he intended to levy the tax (maks) on silk and cotton garments. The people gathered in the Mosque of al-Mansur and resolved to stop the Friday prayer, and the city came close to unrest, so he relieved them of it 2.
In the year 376 AH his brother Sharaf al-Dawla marched against him, defeated him, and blinded him 2.
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 630-631
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p.630-631
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