Abu al-Mukhtar's Satire on the Ahwaz Officials

The poet Abu al-Mukhtar Yazid ibn Qays al-Su'ayq presented Umar ibn al-Khattab with a poem about the governors of al-Ahwaz. In it he urged Umar not to let the people of the rustaqs and villages plunder God's wealth, and he named a number of governors for him to hold to account. ¹

According to the account, Umar divided the wealth of those whom Abu al-Mukhtar had named by half, until "he took one sandal and left the other". Among them was Abu Bakra, who said that he had held no office on Umar's behalf. It was said to Umar that Abu Bakra's brother was in charge of the treasury and the tithe of al-Ubulla, and was giving him money to trade with. Umar took ten thousand from him, and it is said that he divided half of his wealth with him. ¹

The event took place in Khuzistan, that is, al-Ahwaz. Needs an additional source: the data gives no date, and there is no second source.