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family of Fuzl, the son of thtit Ilabib, cue ot this tube, which
is originally I^.clth Fivouz, fhey settled at Shiraz,
and managed important matters^ and hecamc gi cat, and the
Khalif Mamoun invited Medrek ben Hahib
to Baghdad, and held him in high esteem. His death happened
in Baghdad, in the time of Motazem. It is said that
Yahia Aksem hired some person to murder him
privately.
The race of the Beni Sefar ^ I are of the tribe
of Bamlah. Yahia, and Abdarrah-
rnan, and Abdallah, of the children of Mohammed
ben Ismael ^ resided in Pars during the
reign of Mamoun, and filled the offices of the Divan. The
family of ajj IJ Merzban ben Zawieh of Shiraz.
Hassan Merzban hindar
ben Mohammed JVasel. After him was c^J (j- j
lacoub ben Leith. I Jqffer ben
Soheil ben al Merzban was secretary of Ilarefh
Feriaoun. There was not any family more ancient or more
great than the race of Merzban ben Feras-
dad.
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Abu Saied al Hassan, ben Abdallah
Nasser benMansour, ben al merzban Ahmed ben Hedad, at this
time conducts the business of the Divan; and Merdshad ben ali