Ahmad ibn Zirak · Islam Museum

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Era: The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Ahmad ibn Zirak, police chief of Baghdad. Caliph al-Qahir billah was quick to arrest the people of the house of Mu'nis in 321 AH. His house was afterwards looted, along with the houses of those attached to Ibn Muqla. ²

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Sources

al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 190-191
al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.190-191

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