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[1] Fulk al‐Najat, p. 337. Zendigan Hazrat Musa b. Ja'far (a Persian book).
[2] Nasikh al‐Tawarikh (a Persian book).
[3] Al‐'Uyun.
[4] 'Umdat al‐Talib. Bahr al‐Ansab.
[5] Ghani is a tribe of Ghattfan.
released him and swore (by Allah) that he would not talk with him as long as he lived.[1]
The third (narration): When Abu al‐Saraya was killed, the Talibiyyin scattered; some of them
disappeared in Baghdad, and some of them disappeared in Medina. Zayd was among those who
disappeared. Al‐Hasan b. Sehal sought him, and he was shown the way to him. When Zayd was
brought to him, he ordered him to be imprisoned. Then he ordered him to be brought out of
prison and to be beheaded. So al‐Hajjajj b. Khuthayma opposed him, saying: “O Emir, I think that
you must not hasten to invite me to come to you, for I have a piece of advice.” So he responded
him to that, and he said to him: ‐O Emir, has a command concerning what you are going to do
come to you from the Commander of the faithful? ‐No.
‐So why are you going to kill the cousin of the Commander of the faithful without asking his
permission, his command, and asking his opinion of him? Then he related to him the story of ‘Abd
Allah b. al‐Aftas, (which is as follows): Al‐Rashid ordered Ja‘far b. Yehya to imprison ‘Abd Allah b.
al‐Aftas, but Ja‘far killed him without asking his permission. He sent him his head along with
Nouruz gifts on a tray. Al‐Rashid ordered Mesrur al‐Kabir to kill Yehya b. Ja‘far and said to him:
“When Ja‘far asks you about the crime for which you are going to kill him, say to him: ‘I will kill
you because you had killed my cousin ‘Abd Allah b. al‐Aftas you killed without asking my
permission.’” Then al‐Hajjajj asked al‐Hasan: “O Emir, do you feel secure that an event may take
place between you and the Commander of the faithful, and he protested against you in the same
way through which al‐Rashid protested against Yehya b. Ja‘far?” So al‐Hasan said to al‐Hajjajj:
“May Allah reward you good.” Then he ordered Zayd to be returned to prison, and he remained in
prison until Ibrahim b. al‐Mehdi appeared in Iraq. So the people in Baghdad attacked the prison
and released Zayd. However, the police arrested him and sent him to al‐Ma’mun, and he sent him
to his brother al‐Rida, who released him.[2]
The fourth (narration): When Zayd went in revolt in Basrah, al‐Ma’mun sent him al‐Hasan b. Sehal,
and he won a victory over him and sent him in chain to al‐Ma’mun, who was in Maru. Then al‐
Ma’mun said to his brother al‐Rida: “Your brother revolted against us and did what he had done;
before him Zayd b. ‘Ali b. Zayn al‐‘Abidin had revolted against us. Now, we have pardoned him as
a sign of honoring you. We have given him to you. Were it not for that you had a great position,
we would crucify him. The thing he has done is not simple.” So Imam al‐
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