Adi ibn Artat al-Fazari

Adi ibn Artat al-Fazari, whom Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz appointed over Basra. He wanted to build rooms above the governor's house, and Umar wrote to rebuke him, reminding him that the house had been large enough for Ziyad and his family, so he stopped building it. ¹

The book says that Umar wrote to him to remit the poll tax from those of the protected people who embraced Islam. Umar's reply said that Islam was not sent to be a tax-collector, and that he wished all the people would embrace Islam. ¹

The book relates that Umar wrote to him: "You deceived me with your black turban and your reciter companions." It says that after Umar's death Adi called for himself and his black banners were raised, and Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik killed him in 102 AH. ²

The date of his killing comes from one source in the museum's data and needs an additional source.