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In 205 AH al-Ma'mun appointed Tahir ibn al-Husayn over the furthest reaches of the eastern administration. 1
Before that
Earlier, he had given him al-Jazira, the police (shurta) and the two sides of Baghdad. 1
Note
The year is taken from the index of volume eight and rests on a single source. It needs an additional source.
Sources
- Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.8 p.577
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islam.museum contributors. “The appointment of Tahir ibn al-Husayn over Khurasan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/appointment-of-tahir-over-khurasan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.