gifts, precious objects, and fine perfumes that he had requested from al-Rashīd. In return, the caliph stipulated that he pay three hundred thousand dinars every year and that he not rebuild Heracleia.

Al-Rashīd then set out on the journey home, appointing ʿUqbah ibn Jaʿfar to continue the campaign in his stead.

The people of Cyprus broke their treaty, so Maʿyūf ibn Yaḥyā attacked them, took the inhabitants captive, and killed great numbers of them. A man of ʿAbd al-Qays also rebelled, and al-Rashīd dispatched someone who put him to death.

That year ʿĪsā ibn Mūsā al-Hādī led the people in the pilgrimage.

Among the notable and famous figures who died this year were:

Asad ibn ʿAmr ibn ʿĀmir (1), Abū al-Mundhir al-Bajalī al-Kūfī, a disciple of Abū Ḥanīfah. He served as judge in Baghdad and in Wāsiṭ; when his eyesight began to fail, he resigned from the judiciary. Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (2) said, “He was truthful.” Ibn Maʿīn deemed him reliable, while ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī and al-Bukhārī voiced criticisms of him.

Saʿdūn the Madman (3): he fasted for sixty years until his mind weakened, and the people called him insane. One day he passed by the study circle of Dhū al-Nūn al-Miṣrī, heard his discourse, and cried out, then recited:

“There is no good in complaining to one who is not the One to be petitioned;
yet one must complain when patience is no more.”

Al-Aṣmaʿī said: “I once came upon him as he sat at the head of a drunken old man, shielding him. I asked, ‘Why do I see you sitting by this old man’s head?’ He replied, ‘He is mad.’ I said, ‘Are you mad, or is he?’ He answered, ‘Rather he is, for I prayed the Ẓuhr and ʿAṣr prayers in congregation, whereas he has prayed neither in congregation nor alone. Moreover, he has drunk wine, and I have not.’ I asked, ‘Have you composed anything on this?’ He said, ‘Yes,’ and then he began to recite—”