Yahya ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Hasan al-Husayni (1) had risen against him in the land of Daylam. His power grew, and the Rāfidah (Shiʿite dissidents) hastened to his side, so al-Rashid’s life became wretched and he was deeply aggrieved. He therefore dispatched al-Faḍl, the son of his vizier, at the head of fifty thousand troops. Yahya’s strength crumbled and he asked for a guarantee of safety; al-Rashid granted it and treated him graciously, but later seized him, imprisoned him, pled a pretext, and he died.

It is said that he had received from al-Rashid four hundred thousand dinars.

In Syria, Abu al-Hindām al-Murri revolted.

The tribes of Qays and Yemen then collided, many people were killed, and al-Rashid appointed Musa ibn Yahya al-Barmaki, who came and reconciled them.

In the year 175 AH he appointed al-Ghaṭrīf ibn ʿAṭāʾ (2) over Khurasan and Jaʿfar al-Barmaki over Egypt. The fighting between the Qaysīs and the Yemenīs in Syria intensified, planting hatreds and resentments that have lasted to this day, and the army captured the city of Dabasah (3).

In the year 77—that is, 177 AH—Jaʿfar was dismissed from Egypt, his brother al-Faḍl was given Khurasan together with Sijistan and Rayy, and al-Rashid performed the pilgrimage (4).

In the following year (178 AH) the Hawf district of Egypt rebelled. Its deputy governor, Ishaq, fought them, and al-Rashid reinforced him with Harthama ibn Aʿyan. Harthama then became governor, but was removed and replaced by ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Salih al-ʿAbbasi (5).

The Magharibah forces also mutinied, killed their commander al-Faḍl ibn Ruh al-Muhallabi, whereupon an expedition set out