Adud al-Dawla Fanakhusraw ibn Rukn al-Dawla

Adud al-Dawla Fana-Khusraw ibn Rukn al-Dawla, the greatest of the Buyid sultans according to al-Suyuti. He came to Baghdad in 364 AH to support Izz al-Dawla against Sabuktakin, and he liked it and took it. In 367 AH he defeated Izz al-Dawla, took him captive and killed him. He died in 372 AH, and al-Ta'i was succeeded by his son Samsam al-Dawla. ²

Al-Suyuti relates that al-Ta'i gave him the robes of sultanate, crowned him with a jewelled crown, girded him with a sword, and tied two banners for him, the second of which had not been tied for anyone before him. Drums were beaten at his gate and the khutba was given in his name from the pulpits. Al-Ta'i told him that he had decided to entrust to him the affairs of the subjects that had been committed to the caliph, except his own household and its needs. ²

Ibn al-Athir says that Bakhtiyar sought his help in 362 AH against Sabuktakin. He marched from Fars and fought the Turks between Diyala and al-Mada'in. He entered Baghdad on the third of Rajab. The Tigris was so full of boats that a passer-by could cross over their decks. He is said to have coveted Iraq and considered Bakhtiyar weak. ³

The two accounts differ on the date, 364 AH in al-Suyuti and 362 AH in Ibn al-Athir, and the museum does not choose between them. The dates need an additional source.