Samsametü'd-Devle b. ʿAdūdü'd-Devle was the governor of the Persian region. His cousin Ebu Nasr b. Bahtiyār rebelled against him. Samsametü'd-Devle fled from his cousin and took refuge with a Kurdish community. While they were taking him to their town, they seized his treasury and took his belongings from him. Then the men of Ebu Nasr b. Bahtiyār came, captured him, and killed him. They beheaded him and brought his head to Ebu Nasr. When Ebu Nasr was presented with his severed head, he looked at it and said, "This is a path opened by your father."
This event occurred in the month of Dhu al-Ḥijjah of that year. When Samsametü'd-Devle was beheaded, he was thirty-five years old. He had spent nine years and a few months of his life in rulership.
ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Yūsuf al-Ḥattān
His kunyah was Abū al-Qāsim. He served as the construction secretary for ʿAdūdü'd-Devle, and then served as vizier to his son Bahāʾü'd-Devle for five months. His speech was like poetry. He passed away in the month of Shaʿbān of that year.