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Before Shurayh left to take charge of his post, the Caliph, according to one version, is said to have given him the following directions: 'Don't consult anyone about the verdict (Qada) you find in the Book of Allah, but if you do not find it there, refer to the Sunnah and in case you do not find it there also, act according to your own judgment (ljtihad) .
H. 75, Al-Hajjaj was appointed governor of the two Iraqs (al-Basrah and al-Kufah) and a number of revolts occurred during his twenty-year tenure of which the one led by his relative Ibn l-Ash'ath (a religious t~ibGtJ_ l~"-_~e:!_ ~?<?S(: _ revolt lastedTrom A.
According to Ibn-Khallikan's version 'Ali called a meeting (evidently some days before his death which occurred in Ramadan 40) of the religious Tribal leaders of the city in• cluding Shurayh, and said that he was about to leave them and that he wanted to know where they stood in the legal and judicial know• ledge of Islam and to rectify their mistakes if any (such seems to be the tenor of the report).
"3 This usually recognized tradition is countered by another emanating from Ibn l-Madini which raises the period of Shurayh's administration of justice at al-Basrah from I year to 7.
Bakhtishu", physician in ordinary to al-Mamun and was subsequently appointed by the Caliph as the Super• intendent of his Library Academy and in that capacity Hunain had charge of all the scientific translation work, in which he enjoyed the collaboration of his son Ishaq.