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Hayyan, Masmala's Mawla

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Hayyan, Masmala's mawla of Daylami captivity, Abu Ma'mar, among the noble and leading clients; Yazid sent him to the Ispahbadh and he worked him till the treaty stood at seven hundred thousand dirhams plus four hundred qirats of saffron — and bore himself the difference between the weight-six and weight-seven measures.

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The Umayyad Period
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Hayyan, a client of Masmala, from the captives of the Daylam, known as Abu Ma'mar. Al-Baladhuri counts him among the noble and leading clients. 1

Yazid ibn al-Muhallab sent him to the Ispahbadh, and he deceived him until he made a settlement with Yazid for seven hundred thousand dirhams and four hundred qintars of saffron. Hayyan took on the surplus between the two weights of six and seven (the settlement of Hayyan and the Ispahbadh). 1

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Hayyan's Treaty with the Ispahbadh

People and things also explored

Abdallah ibn Ma'mar al-Yashkari· يزيد بن المهلب· Tabaristan· Hayyan's Treaty with the Ispahbadh

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Abdallah ibn Ma'mar al-Yashkari

Abdallah ibn Ma'mar al-Yashkari; Yazid's governor of Dihistan and al-Biyasan with four thousand — the Ispahbadh's letter to the marzban had him and his men slaughtered unaware in their quarters.