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almansor_n over_o aderbigiana_n armenia_n and_o mesopotamia_n jabiae_n his_o brother_n over_o mausil_n his_o uncle_n david_n over_o higiaza_n and_o aliaman_n his_o uncle_n isa_n over_o cufa_n sofian_n over_o basra_n muhammed_n over_o persia_n mansor_n over_o india_n and_o sinde_n abumuslim_fw-la over_o chorasan_n abdalla_n his_o uncle_n over_o syria_n and_o his_o uncle_n salih_n over_o egypt_n who_o rule_v it_o by_o his_o lieutenant_n abaun_n abdalla_n return_v from_o ramla_n to_o damascus_n dig_v up_o the_o child_n of_o ommia_n and_o burn_v they_o and_o to_o the_o corpse_n of_o hasiam_n at_o rusaf_n he_o give_v a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o blow_n till_o his_o flesh_n be_v disperse_v which_o then_o be_v gather_v together_o and_o burn_v a._n 136._o saffah_o die_v after_o he_o have_v reign_v four_o year_n and_o nine_o month_n his_o brother_n son_n
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the_o money_n be_v carry_v into_o the_o treasury_n of_o the_o emperor_n which_o dispose_v thereof_o at_o their_o pleasure_n arradi_n go_v to_o war_n upon_o abuabdalla_n the_o baridite_n who_o agree_v with_o he_o for_o 36000._o piece_n of_o gold_n to_o pay_v thirty_o thousand_o every_o month_n basra_n be_v take_v by_o the_o son_n of_o raijc_n and_o abutaber_n the_o caramite_n make_v peace_n with_o he_o on_o condition_n to_o pay_v he_o out_o of_o bagdad_n 120000._o piece_n of_o gold_n abubecr_n take_v also_o ahwaz_n whereupon_o the_o baridite_fw-mi seek_v help_v of_o amaduddaulas_n who_o send_v his_o brother_n ahmed_n mumuddaulas_n with_o he_o to_o take_v ahwaz_n which_o he_o do_v an._n 326._o abuali_fw-la son_n of_o mucla_n the_o counsellor_n have_v his_o hand_n cut_v off_o and_o his_o tongue_n cut_v out_o for_o counsel_v arradi_n to_o attach_v abubecr_n and_o to_o employ_v jacham_n the_o turk_n when_o his_o right_a hand_n be_v to_o be_v cut_v off_o this_o hand_n say_v he_o whereby_o i_o have_v minister_v to_o three_o caliph_n and_o wherewith_o i_o have_v write_v out_o the_o alcoran_n form_n be_v out_o of_o like_o the_o hand_n off_o a_o thief_n this_o son_n of_o mucla_n be_v author_n of_o this_o excellent_a writing_n and_o first_o bring_v the_o foreign_a write_n of_o cufa_n to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o arab_n the_o son_n of_o bawab_n add_v somewhat_o and_o bring_v it_o to_o perfection_n jahcam_fw-la the_o turk_n come_v to_o bagdad_n and_o take_v it_o chase_v away_o the_o son_n of_o raijc_n which_o have_v enjoy_v the_o imperial_a dignity_n one_o year_n ten_o month_n and_o sixteen_o day_n jahcam_n be_v vest_v by_o arradi_n and_o style_v emperor_n of_o emperor_n anno_fw-la 327._o jahcam_fw-la with_o the_o chalifa_n go_v against_o nasiruddaul_n and_o besiege_a mausil_n but_o be_v force_v to_o accept_v five_o hundred_o thousand_o piece_n of_o gold_n to_o haste_n back_o to_o bagdad_n where_o abubecr_n have_v renew_v some_o broil_n with_o who_o he_o compound_v and_o give_v 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army_n gift_n have_v servant_n and_o kitchen_n they_o which_o succeed_v after_o he_o until_o muctafi_n 42._o have_v nothing_o in_o irac_n and_o other_o province_n but_o the_o title_n he_o reign_v six_o year_n ten_o month_n and_o ten_o day_n ibrahim_n abu-ishac_n moctafi_n billa_z son_n of_o muctadir_n be_v create_v chalifa_n the_o day_n of_o his_o brother_n death_n but_o hold_v only_o the_o bare_a title_n jacham_n in_o hunt_v be_v kill_v and_o moctafi_n commit_v the_o administration_n of_o the_o kingdom_n to_o cutelin_n and_o eighty_o day_n after_o to_o abubecr_n son_n of_o raijc_n an._n 330._o the_o baradite_n seek_v to_o possess_v bagdad_n moctafi_n flee_v to_o mausil_n with_o abubecr_n saifuddaulus_n minister_v unto_o they_o as_o do_v also_o hasen_n abuhammed_n nasiruddaulas_n which_o title_n moctafi_n then_o give_v he_o he_o send_v his_o brother_n ali_n abulhasen_n against_o the_o baridite_n who_o expel_v they_o from_o bagdad_n and_o take_v the_o city_n nasirruddaulas_n slay_v 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he_o refuse_v but_o honour_v and_o vest_v his_o messenger_n an._n 313._o abutaher_n take_v cufa_n slay_v and_o captive_v the_o inhabitant_n he_o take_v there_o four_o thousand_o colour_a clothes_n and_o three_o thousand_o camel_n with_o innumerable_a spoil_n persia_n an._n 314._o the_o roman_n take_v malatia_n an._n 315._o the_o dailamite_n begin_v to_o be_v of_o note_n who_o first_o king_n be_v wahsihudan_n who_o seat_n be_v staristan_n his_o son_n hasan_n succeed_v he_o war_v with_o husein_n the_o fatimite_n surname_v nasirulhac_n but_o ali_n brother_n of_o hasan_n slay_v he_o and_o be_v slay_v himself_o by_o muhammed_n father_n in_o law_n to_o hasan_n and_o chase_v his_o son_n mahadi_n which_o succeed_v he_o this_o muhammed_n become_v king_n of_o the_o dailam_n mahadi_n flee_v to_o asfar_n who_o have_v take_v razwin_n and_o georgian_n send_v mardawig_n his_o general_n against_o muhammed_n who_o counsel_v he_o to_o get_v into_o his_o hand_n the_o kingdom_n of_o asfar_o his_o master_n 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who_o jamec_n will_v sit_v in_o judgement_n none_o have_v enjoy_v the_o place_n so_o long_o in_o his_o time_n cease_v the_o pilgrimage_n when_o the_o black_a stone_n be_v carry_v away_o he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v give_v away_o above_o seventy_o million_o of_o gold_n he_o give_v also_o to_o the_o man_n the_o jewel_n of_o the_o chalifate_n and_o the_o treasure_n which_o his_o ancestor_n never_o think_v to_o give_v and_o most_o of_o the_o gem_n to_o woman_n ointment_n also_o and_o civet_n a.m._n 6424._o and_o sixty_o four_o day_n be_v past_a he_o forbid_v to_o take_v tribute_n of_o bishop_n monk_n and_o poor_a man_n who_o the_o author_n of_o the_o vocation_n have_v free_v an._n 314._o the_o emperor_n with_o a_o thousand_o ship_n intend_v to_o invade_v egypt_n but_o by_o tempest_n three_o hundred_o be_v lose_v and_o the_o rest_n return_v an._n 317._o such_o a_o multitude_n of_o locust_n come_v into_o egypt_n that_o the_o sunbeam_n can_v not_o come_v at_o the_o ground_n and_o they_o consume_v vine_n fruit_n and_o corn_n muhammed_n abulmansor_n kahir_n billa_z be_v the_o forty_o chalifa_n elkahar_n and_o the_o nineteenth_o of_o the_o abbasides_fw-la create_v after_o his_o brother_n death_n at_o bagdad_n he_o torture_v muctadir_n mother_n for_o her_o money_n hang_v she_o by_o the_o heel_n her_o urine_n run_v over_o her_o body_n and_o she_o deny_v knowledge_n of_o more_o money_n after_o which_o she_o die_v anno_fw-la 322._o he_o be_v depose_v have_v reign_v one_o year_n six_o month_n and_o seven_o day_n greatness_n and_o ahmed_n son_n of_o muctadir_n be_v create_v which_o remain_v in_o the_o imperial_a tower_n till_o mutaki_n cast_v he_o forth_o a._n 333._o after_o which_o on_o a_o friday_n in_o the_o temple_n he_o beg_v alm_n say_v i_o be_v sometime_o your_o chalifa_n now_o i_o be_o one_o of_o your_o poor_a ahmed_n abulabbas_n arradi_n billa_z be_v the_o twenty_o of_o the_o abbasides_fw-la anno_fw-la 322._o die_v abdalla_n abu-muhammed_n mahadi_n which_o reign_v 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