[5][6] For this reason, he approached the local agent of Shaghab, the influential queen-mother of Caliph al-Muqtadir (r. 908–932), giving him fine gifts and mentioning his opposition to Ibn al-Furat.
[5] At the same time, the vizier's political fortunes suffered a setback after the defeat of the Abbasid army under Mu'nis al-Muzaffar by the autonomous strongman of Adharbayjan, Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj.
[8][9] Hamid entered the capital in pomp and splendour: he was accompanied by four hundred armed retainers, of whom the chief were accoutred like generals of the Caliph's army.
The irate Hamid jumped on the prisoner and tried to tear out his beard, whereupon the Caliph, who was observing the proceedings, ordered the trial to be suspended.
[14] These botched trials, and his own behaviour during them, inflicted heavy damage on Hamid's prestige, and even his allies, Nasr and Ali, accused him for the failure to convict Ibn al-Furat.
[6][9] He was replaced by Ibn al-Furat, and in turn tortured and humiliated by his son, al-Muhassin, before returning to Wasit, where he died in the same year.