Shabashi Abu Nasr

He was the freedman of Sherefü'd-Devle. He served as his ḥājib (chamberlain). Bahaü'd-Devle gave him the nickname Saʿīd. He gave much ṣadaqa (charity) and established waqfs (endowments) for the sake of good deeds and ḥasanāt (meritorious acts). Indeed, he endowed a large farm that yielded abundant crops, fruit, and kharāj (land tax) for a hospital. He also commissioned many charitable institutions such as bridges, ditches, a maristān (hospital), and establishments like Nāṣiriyya. When he died, he was buried in the cemetery of Imam Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal. He had bequeathed that no dome or similar structure be built over his grave. However, his will was not followed, and a dome was constructed over it. This dome collapsed seven years after his death, and women gathered at his grave and began to weep. When they returned home, one of the elderly and leading women fell asleep and dreamed that a Turkish soldier emerged from his grave and approached them, holding a mace. He attacked them with this mace and commanded them to cease their lamentations. When the woman looked closely, she recognized him as ḥājib Shabashi Abu Nasr and woke up in panic from her sleep.