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like those hats clothed in burnooses
[1] Ibid., vol. 13, p. 110. Tarikh al‐Kulafa', p. 267.
worn by the Jews![1]
Al‐Mansur did his best to monopolize and to hoard the wealth of the community; he spent
nothing of it on public interests, so he spread poverty and misery all over the Islamic countries.
D. With al‐Mehdi
Al‐Mehdi was the most preferable of the people and the nearest of them to al‐Mansur, to the
extent that he appointed him as his crown prince; nevertheless, he turned away from him for a
simple material affair. Al‐Mansur's servant, Wadih, has related, saying: "One day, while I was
standing beside Abu Ja'far (al‐Mansur), al‐Mehdi came in to him. He was wearing a new, black,
outer garment. He greeted (us) and sat down. Then he rose and went away. Abu Ja'far looked at
him, for he loved and admired him. When he (al‐Mehdi) was in the middle of the corridor, he
tripped over his own sword, and his black (garment) was torn. He rose and went away paying no
attention to it. When al‐Mansur saw that, he lost his mind. Then he ordered him to be brought
back, and he angrily attacked him, saying: 'O Abu 'Abd Allah, (do you) regard (my) talents as little?
Or are you ungrateful (to Allah) for the boon? Or do you have little knowledge of the misfortune?
It seems that you are ignorant of that which for you and that which against you!'"[2]
He bitterly admonished his son for an insignificant thing to which most people do not pay
attention. Wadih reported that he came in to al‐Mansur, and he said to him: "'Look for torn
clothes and collect them. When you come to know that al‐Mehdi will come, bring them before he
comes in. There should be patches along with them.' I did that. Al‐Mehdi came in and found his
father trying patches on the torn clothes. He smiled and said to him: 'O Commander of the
faithful, for this reason the people say: 'They crave after the dinar and the dirham!' He did not
mention the danaq lest he should move his feelings. So al‐Mansur said to him: 'Whoever does not
repair his torn clothes has no new (ones). The winter has come. We are in need of clothes for the
family and the children.' Thus, al‐Mehdi said to him: 'At my expense are the clothes of the
Commander of the faithful, of his family, and of his children!' He said to him: 'Do that!'"[3]
Al‐Mansur's female slave, Khalisa, has related, saying: "I came in to al‐Mansur and found him
complaining of toothache. When he heard my voice he said: 'Come in!' I came in and saw him
putting his hand on his temple. He kept silent for an hour, and then he asked me: 'How much
money do you have?' 'One
[1] Tarikh al‐Kulafa', p. 262.
[2] 'Asr al‐Ma'mun, p. 93.
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