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Makhlad had a number of guarantees', and had dealings with Abu Nuh. Said was a person of importance at that time, but had not as yet held high office.
Makhlad's son Al-'Abbas; she became the mother of his son Abu 'Isa, known as Son of Abf) NGh's <laughter, master of the army pay office, afterwards in charge of the Bureau of Army Control- for his uncle Sulaiman b.
Another example : He said to Ibn al-Hawari in the Caliph's palace, in the presence of Umm nifisaon the night on which he arrived from Wasit to be invested with the vizierate, in the course of a dialogue between them : .
I heard, he said, a number of the senior clerks state that whenever Mu'tadid disgraced one of the more important officials, he would put him in custody of a person appointed by himself, who was to guard him, and would not give 'Ubaidallfih'' power over the man's life.
-I, said the vizier's son 'Ubaidallah, heard about this, and owing to my extreme desire to release my father I did the Caliph no great wrong by approaching Muwaffaq and say• ing to him : Mu'tamid has only attacked my father because he detests you, and what he resents in us is the execution of your orders and bringing the army over to you.
Muhammad of Karkh, and comes of an eminent family6• -He said to me : The man has written to me · soliciting the vizierate, and guarantees moneys to be extracted from Hamid and 'Ali b.