'Abd Allah ibn 'Ayyash al-Mantuf

Abd Allah ibn Ayyash al-Mantuf, one of the boon companions of al-Mansur in al-Mas'udi's report. ²

Al-Mas'udi relates that al-Mansur asked him about a tyrant whose first name was "Ayn", who killed three tyrants whose first names were "Ayn"; he answered with Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, then mentioned Abd al-Rahman ibn Muslim, Abd al-Jabbar ibn Abd al-Rahman, and his uncle Abd Allah ibn Ali on whom the house fell. He also related to al-Mas'udi the story of "the arrow of poetry" and "the injustice of Hamadhan". ²