The History of al-Ṭabarī, Vol. 32: The Reunification of the by al-Ṭabarī; C. E. Bosworth (trans.;ann.)
By al-Ṭabarī; C. E. Bosworth (trans.;ann.)
The twenty years' caliphate of al-Ma'mum begun as a stormy interval in center jap heritage; after the relatively peaceable reign of his father Harun al-Rashid, the caliphate used to be plunged into violent civil conflict in either Iraq and Arabia, concerning the sons of al-Rashid, competitors for the preferrred authority, and diverse different sectarian rebels and aspirants for energy. but as soon as peace was once secured and the caliphate lands united once again, al-Ma'mum's reign settled down into the most intriguing and leading edge of the mediaeval caliphate. The Caliph himself was once a hugely cultivated guy who possessed a prepared highbrow interest and who himself within the functional sciences, astronomy and arithmetic. He additionally inspired the translating of Greek philosophical, clinical and scientific works from Greek and Syriac into Arabic and concerned himself in theological controversies within which the dialectical options of the Greek thinkers have been to determine. Tabari's historical past of this era constitutes a major resource for political and armed forces background. His racy and vibrant kind, together with many verbatim conversations and records, brings the Caliphate of al-Ma'mum greatly alive.
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83 Then Husayn b. " He directed his attention to the wealth in the treasury of the Ka'bah- 78. Ya'qubi, Ta'rikh, II, 544; ' Uyan, 347-8 ; Ibn al-Athir, al-Kamil, VI, 310-11. 79. v. Ka'ba (Wensinck-Jomier(. 8o. , the kiswah, the ornate, embroidered brocade covering, see ibid. 81. Mas'udi, Muruj, VII, 58 = ed. Pellat, § 2743. 82. v. "Asfar" [Goldziher][, but is perhaps here used as a contrast to the use of black as the color par excellence of the 'Abbasids (cf. the Musawwidah, above, 27). Abu al-Saraya 's name al-ASfar was apparently used on the coins minted by him at Kufah in the year 199 (814/5 (, see above, 16.
Khalifah, Ta'rikh, II, 760; Mas'udii, Murat, VU, 55, 58 = ed. Pellat, §§ 2740, 2743, Isfahan, Magatil, 540. 20 The Caliphate of al-Ma'mun tural properties ('abid hawd'itihim[ " The eunuch Masrur alKabie9 had made the pilgrimage that year with a force of two hundred cavalrymen from amongst his own troops . He now got ready to oppose the Talibid forces attempting to enter and take over Mecca. He said to Dawud b. 'Isa, "Set yourself up, or one of your sons, as my chief, and I will take upon myself the responsibility for fighting them .
1o2. Reading ghashiyat for the text 's ghushiyat. 103. , he regarded himself as released from his earlier pledge of allegiance because of his belief that al-Ma'mnn was dead. The Events of the Year zoo 37 dence to it, that he is alive and sound in body . Indeed, I now ask pardon of God for having drawn you into giving allegiance to me, and I have cast off the allegiance which you pledged to me in exactly the same way as I have taken off this ring of mine from my finger . I have reverted to the status of being an ordinary Muslim, so that the Muslims have no obligation of allegiance to me, and I have extricated myself from all that affair.