In that same year, the Shākiriyyah corps and the regular troops in the province of Fars rose up against ʿAbd Allah ibn Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm. He fled from them, whereupon they plundered his residence and killed Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Qārin.
That year as well, the Caliph became incensed with Jaʿfar ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid and exiled him to Basra (1).
During the same year, the rank of a number of Umayyads at the caliphal court was revoked.
The people’s pilgrimage that year was led by Jaʿfar ibn al-Faḍl, the governor of Mecca—may Allah ennoble it.
Among the notable deaths that year were:
• Abū al-Ṭāhir Aḥmad ibn ʿAmr ibn al-Ṣarḥ (2);
• al-Bazzī, one of the eminent Qurʾan reciters (3);
• al-Ḥārith ibn Miskīn (4);
• Abū Ḥātim al-Sijistānī (5), a leading authority on the Arabic language;
• ʿAbbād ibn Yaʿqūb al-Rawājinnī (6);
• and ʿAmr ibn Baḥr al-Jāḥiẓ (7), the theologian and prolific author.
(1) Because he was sent to the Shakiriyya, a certain waṣīf (assistant) alleged that he had corrupted them. Tabari, vol. 9, p. 276; Ibn al-Athir, vol. 7, p. 134.
(2) The Egyptian jurist, a mawla (freedman) of the Banu Umayya, who transmitted from Ibn ‘Uyayna and Ibn Wahb and belonged to the generation known as the “Eighties.” Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala, 12 / 62; al-‘Ibar, 1 / 455.
(3) Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Bazzi, the reciter, mu’adhdhin of the Masjid al-Haram and chief instructor of recitation there. He had a smooth style of transmission and was considered an authoritative reference in Qur’anic matters. Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala, 12 / 50; al-‘Ibar, 1 / 455; Ghayat al-Nihaya fi Tabaqat al-Qurra, 1 / 119.
(4) Abu ‘Amr al-Amwi al-Misri, chief qadi of Egypt. He was imprisoned during the mihna (inquisition) and remained detained until al-Mutawakkil released him. He was among the leading imams of the Sunnah, regarded as trustworthy and steadfast. Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala, 12 / 54; al-‘Ibar, 1 / 455.
(5) Sahl ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Uthman, Abu Hatim al-Sijistani (later al-Basri), grammarian, linguist, reciter, and author. He studied Arabic under Abu Ubayda and al-Asma’i, recited the Qur’an for Ya‘qub, and transmitted hadith from various scholars. Among his students was Abu al-‘Abbas al-Mubarrid. He lived to be eighty-three. Ma‘jam al-Adaba, 11 / 264; Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala, 12 / 268; al-‘Ibar, 1 / 455.
(6) Abu Sa‘id al-Asadi al-Rawajni al-Kufi, a ṣaddūq (veracious transmitter) and hadith scholar recognized by the Shi’a; al-Bukhari narrated from him alongside another narrator. Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala, 11 / 536; al-‘Ibar, 1 / 456.
(7) ‘Amr ibn Bahr ibn Mahbub al-Basri al-Mu‘tazili, Abu ‘Uthman al-Jahiz. Author of numerous works across various disciplines, he was an ocean of knowledge and a leading authority in kalam and Mu‘tazili theology. He lived ninety years.