my life.” Saʿīd thereupon began lashing him with a whip, then laid him on his back, sat upon his chest, and cut his throat—surely to Allah we belong and surely to Him we return.
Al-Ṣūlī reports that al-Muʿtazz first dispatched Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn to Wāsiṭ to kill al-Mustaʿin, but he said, “By Allah, I will not kill the sons of the caliphs.” Al-Muʿtazz therefore sent Saʿīd the chamberlain, and Allah allowed al-Muʿtazz no enjoyment of his deed; instead he was swiftly deposed and slain, a fitting recompense.
10 – al-Bazzī, Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh*
The Qur’an-reciter and mu’adhdhin of Mecca, Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Qāsim ibn Abī Bazza al-Makhzūmī, their client, of Persian stock.
Born: 170 AH.
He learned Qur’an recitation from ʿIkrimah ibn Sulaymān, Abū al-Ikhriṭ (1), and Ibn Ziyād, who in turn had studied with Ismāʿīl al-Qisṭ (2), the associate of Ibn Kathīr.
He also heard hadith from Ibn ʿUyaynah, Mālik ibn Suʿayr, Muʾammal ibn Ismāʿīl, al-Muqriʾ, and a number of others.