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This quantity opens whilst the caliph al-Mansur has simply defeated the uprising of Muhammad the natural Soul in 145/762-3 and is now securely proven in energy. the most matters of the remainder 13 years of his reign are the construction of his new capital at Baghdad, on which al-Tabari's textual content includes info now not formerly released in English, and his efforts to have his nephew 'Isa b. Musa changed as inheritor obvious by means of his personal son Muhammad al-Mahdi, a maneuver that required all his political skills.
The situations of al-Mansur's demise in 158/775 are defined in brilliant element, and this part is through a chain of anecdotes, a few severe, a few funny, so much bright and energetic, that illustrate his personality and habits.
The final portion of the quantity describes the reign of al-Mahdi, extra pious than his father but in addition extra liberal and open-handed. in addition to regimen management, house is dedicated to the weird intrigues that observed the increase and fall of the vizier Ya'qub b. Dawud and the mysterious situations of the caliph's personal loss of life in 169/785, by means of a quick selection of personality tales. furthermore, the amount additionally comprises very important information regarding battle at the Byzantine frontier and in Khurasan.
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Sulayman as governor when he did because he wanted to humiliate 'Isa, but Muhammad did not do that and continued to treat him highly and to show him respect. In this year Abu Ja'far appointed Muhammad b. Abi al-'Abbas, his brother's son, as governor of al-Basrah, but he asked to be excused, so he was, and he left there for the City of Peace and died there. His wife al -Baghum b. 'Ali b. al-Rabi' shrieked and lamented him . One of the guards struck her with a bridle rein on the posterior, and the servants of Muhammad b.
Sulayman3S was appointed in his place , and he arrived there in the month of Rabi ' I (May z9-June17, 763). In this year also al -Sariyy b. 'Abdallah36 was deposed from Mecca, and 'Abd al -$amad b. 'Ali37 was appointed governor. The leader of the pilgrims in this year was 'Abd al-Wahhab b. Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. 'Ali b. 'Abdallah b. 'Abbas, 38 as is said by Muhammad b. Umar and others. 32. Alid supporters in al-Bagrah. 33. A long-time supporter of the Umayyads , who served on the Byzantine frontier in the early Abbasid period .
See al-Tabari, III, 15, 21 , 48, 55, 92-93, 369, 459; alKind-1, Governors, i 1o; Hamzah,141. For the role of his family in the early Abbasid state, see Kennedy, Abbasid Caliphate, 79-8o ; Crone, Slaves, 188-89. 9z. Paternal uncle of al-Saffih and al-Manyur . He had been active in the Abbasid conquest of Syria and was the leader of the Abbasid force that killed Marwin, the last Umayyad caliph in Egypt. He was briefly in charge of Egypt on two occasions, but most of his career was spent in Syria, where he took over many formerUmayyad properties, and on the Byzantine frontier, where he was an active builder of fortifications.