In this year, Yūsuf b. Abī’s-Sāj was released from the prison in which he had been held. His wealth was restored to him and he was reinstated to his former post. Additionally, several other cities were placed under his administration. He was also required to pay 500,000 dinars to the bayt al-māl (public treasury) every year.
After being reinstated to his post, he sent word to the servant Munis, requesting that a certain Qurʾān reciter named Abū Bakr b. Edmī be apprehended and sent to him. This individual had, in the year 261 AH when Yūsuf was thrown into prison, come before him and recited the following verse:
"Such is the seizing of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are doing wrong. Surely, His seizing is painful and severe." (Hūd, 102)
When Abū Bakr heard that he was being sought, he feared that Yūsuf b. Abī’s-Sāj would torture him. He pleaded with the servant Munis not to apprehend him and not to send him to Yūsuf. Munis told him not to be afraid, saying: "Go, I too will share in the reward you will receive."
When Abū Bakr came into the presence of Yūsuf b. Abī’s-Sāj, he recited to him the following verse:
"The king said: 'Bring him to me that I may attach him to myself.'" (Yūsuf, 54) After reciting this verse, Yūsuf b. Abī’s-Sāj said to him: "I would have preferred that you recite the verse you recited when you were thrown into prison and put on display: 'Such is the seizing of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are doing wrong.' (Hūd, 102) For it was that verse you recited which caused me to repent and turn to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. Behold, you now see me in this state before you."
After saying this, he ordered that a large sum of money be given to Abū Bakr and bestowed favors upon him.
In this year, the vizier ʿAlī b. ʿĪsā fell ill, and Hārūn, the son of al-Muqtadir, came to visit him. He conveyed his father's greetings. The vizier had carpets laid out along the road by which he would come. When the son of al-Muqtadir approached his house, the vizier went out to meet him. Hārūn again conveyed his father's greetings. The servant Munis had also come together with the caliph's son Hārūn. Later, news arrived that the caliph al-Muqtadir himself was about to come visit him in person. However, the vizier requested of the servant Munis that the caliph not trouble himself to come. Afterwards, the vizier himself endured great hardship, set out, and went to greet the caliph.
In this year, Kahramāne, the mother of Mūsā, was apprehended. Her supporters were also arrested. One million dinars were taken from her and placed in the bayt al-māl (public treasury).
On Thursday, ten days before the end of the month of Rabīʿ al-Ākhir of this year, the caliph al-Muqtadir appointed Abū Ḥusayn ʿUmar b. Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī al-Shaybānī, known as Ibn Eshnānī, one of the ḥadīth memorisers and jurists, to the office of judge. But three days later, he was dismissed. This individual had previously been the muḥtasib (market inspector) of Baghdad.
In this year, Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Ṣamad, the commander of the security forces of Baghdad, was dismissed. Nāzūk was appointed in his place and was invested with a robe of honor.
In the month of Jumādā al-Ākhira of this year, a comet was seen in the constellation of Virgo, with a tail two cubits long.
In the month of Shaʿbān of this year, the gifts of Ḥusayn b. al-Mardanī, the governor of Egypt, arrived in Baghdad. Among these gifts was a female mule with a suckling foal and a slave whose tongue extended to the tip of his nose.
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In this year, letters announcing that the Muslims had conquered certain places in Byzantine territory were read from the pulpits.
In this year, news arrived that in seventeen districts of the city of Wāsiṭ, the ground had split open. Among these fissures, the largest was 1,000 cubits long, and the smallest was 200 cubits long, and it was reported that 1,300 of the large villages had been submerged under water.
In this year, Isḥāq b. ʿAbd al-Malik al-Hāshimī led the people in the ḥajj (pilgrimage).
Among the notable figures who died in this year was Abū Bishr al-Dulābī.