He died in 176 AH, in the month of Shaʿbān. He left behind several brothers—princes, nobles, and commanders—rarely do siblings attain such combined grandeur and leadership. They were Ismāʿīl, ʿAbd al-Wahhāb, ʿAbd Allāh, ʿAbd al-Malik, and al-Faḍl.

68 – al-Fayḍ ibn Abī Ṣāliḥ Shīrawayh*
The great vizier, Abū Jaʿfar the Persian. Formerly a Christian, he embraced Islam and served as vizier to al-Mahdī during the last years of his reign. Renowned for his generosity—his liberality became proverbial—he was also so excessively proud that people forgot the arrogance of the vizier Abū ʿUbayd Allāh (1).

Al-Ṣūlī said: “He remained vizier until al-Mahdī died; thereafter al-Fayḍ headed the Bureau of the Army until he passed away in 173 AH.”

69 – ʿUmārah ibn Ḥamzah al-Hāshimī, their client**
A secretary and man of letters, one of the most eloquent figures of his age and its leading scholar, descended from ʿIkrimah, the freedman of Ibn ʿAbbās. Ibn Khallikān relates that he served as the scribe of al-Manṣūr and that he was one-eyed.