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- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Overview
Abu Ahmad al-Husayn ibn Musa al-Musawi, the marshal of the Talibiyyun in Baghdad and father of al-Sharif al-Radi. 1
Ibn al-Athir relates that the caliph al-Qadir billah learned of verses composed by his son concerning the lineage of the Egyptian Mahdi, so he summoned the judge Ibn al-Baqillani to compel him to recant. The father denied knowing the poetry, and the son refused to write what was demanded of him. 1
The son is said to have said that he feared the near more than the far; his father rebuked him in reply. This is from Ibn al-Athir's account. 1
Connections
- Founder of
- The mosque of Qati'at Umm Ja'far
People and things also explored
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 19-20
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi
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