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Quhyar ibn Qarin

قوهيار بن قارن

Quhyar ibn Qarin, Mazyar's brother; nursing his slights he secretly served al-Hasan ibn al-Husayn and Muhammad ibn Ibrahim against him, devised the ambush, seized his brother's belt as the hidden men closed — and was killed in Tabaristan by his brother's own retainers.

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Quhyar ibn Qarin, brother of Mazyar. He corresponded with al-Hasan ibn al-Husayn and Muhammad ibn Ibrahim and told them that he was with them against his brother, out of a grudge he held because of contempt he had shown him. 1

He showed them the trick of the ambush, and took hold of his brother's territory until he took a ladder. Some of his brother's close men then leapt upon him and he was killed in Tabaristan. See the revolt of Mazyar. 1

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Mazyar ibn Qarin
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Mazyar ibn Qarin's Revolt

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Mazyar ibn Qarin's Revolt· Mazyar ibn Qarin· Abdallah ibn Tahir· al-Hasan ibn al-Husayn al-Tahiri· Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Mus'ab· Tabaristan

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Mazyar ibn Qarin's Revolt

Al-Ma'mun gave Mazyar ibn Qarin Tabaristan, al-Ruwayan and Dumbawand, named him Muhammad and gave him the Ispahbadh's rank; al-Mu'tasim confirmed him, then he apostatized and broke faith six years into the caliphate. Abdallah ibn Tahir sent his uncle al-Hasan ibn al-Husayn with Khurasan's men and the caliph sent Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Mus'ab; Mazyar's brother Quhyar ibn Qarin, nursing slights, was secretly theirs. The ruse: al-Hasan hides, Quhyar tells Mazyar al-Hasan offers aman at another spot — marching there, Quhyar's signal brings the ambushers out of the thickets, he seizes Mazyar's belt, they take him unharmed, no pledge — carried to Samarra in 225, flogged to death before al-Mu'tasim, crucified beside Babak at the arch by the shurta-hall; Quhyar was killed by his brother's retainers, and Tabaristan, plain and mountain, was conquered for Abdallah ibn Tahir and Tahir after him.