Lion In The Cage
Throughout the history of mankind, the real defenders of the faith and religious leaders of the community have been confronted with harsh unpleasant events and bitter tragedies. Because the greater will be the intensity of sunshine, the night-worshippers will be faced with more discomfort and torture in the same proportion. The father of Sayyid Radi was not an exception to this rule and exactly at a time, when he was in need of fatherly protection and care; the tyrant government of Baghdad deprived him from the loving care of a dedicated and devoted father.
In the year of 367 A.H., Ezzod-dowleh Delami the most powerful and most famous king of Ale - Buyeh dynasty attacked Baghdad with a huge army, and annexed it to his kingdom, after dismissing Bakhtiar, son of Moezod-dowleh. Ezzod-dowleh1 was a carefree and self-centered king and treated the Abbasids caliphs as a play thing in his hand. He was eager to implement his policies and plans within the shortest span of time, and in this way, found the existence of
Abu-Ahmad and other elderly statemen as a major obstacle in materializing his dreams.
It was in this background, that after ruling for two years in the year 369 A.H, he arrested Tahir Zoul-Manaqib - Sayyid Radi’s father – and Abu Abdullah bin Mousa - Sayyid Radi's uncle - and confined them into Shiraz Fort.2
Apart from them other important personalities of Kufa such as Muhammad bin ‘Umar Alavi, and Abu Nasar Khuwan-Shaz were also arrested the same year by Ezzod-dowleh, and were confined into Shiraz Fort, with their personal belongings and properties being confiscated.3
