"الجغرافيا الشرقية لابن حوقل، رحّالة عربي من القرن العاشر" [‎١‎٢‎٠] (٣٨٨/١٧٣)

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Mamoun the sovereignty of the sea. A i ter him, CiH
Merdas hen Omru, who was called Bouyellan, possessed
such estates, that every year his taxes amounted to three thou
sand direms. His son, J^lj ^ o\ v ^ Mohammed hen JVasel,
was equally rich. The chiet ot this tribe w^as jSj-*- 2
Omru hen Aiseh. At the time the Turks assumed the Kha
lifat, they desired to remove them from court ; and the pro
vince of Fars was divided among forty nobles of the Turks, the
chief of whom was «jJ ^ Mauled : Having reproved them for
their tyrannical conduct and wickedness, they all conspired against
him, and sought to kill him : he applied for protection to Mer
das, who saved him from those nobles, and sent him to Bagh
dad. The Turks then gave the command to
Ibrahim hen Si mar a ; and Ahdallah hen
Yahia sent a letter, desiring that those nobles might be seized,
and put to death. Ibrahim ben Simara took four of them, and
slew them; and pardoned the others. From that time forth he
was chief of the Turks by j (j^j) m Pars.
Mohammed hen IFaseL was in possession of
Pars; and ^-Xx^ IcXx^: Jhdar rahman hen MoJiaJi
was sent from Baghdad with a great army, and a general, named
Tashem. In a battle with Mohammed ben Wasel,
this Tashem was slain ; and Abdar rahman, being taken prisoner,
was put to death. Pars continued in his possession until his
kinsman Merdas invited Yacoub ben Leith, who came into Pars,