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crooked policy led to spreading terror and fear among all the people.
His Assassinations
Al‐Mansur enjoyed severe punishments, shedding blood, and assassinations. He intensely and
rudely went too far in practicing such things. History has never known massacres similar to those
committed by him. There was no ray of pity and mercy in his inner self. He was delighted with the
wailing of the orphans, the lamentation of the female slaves, and the moaning of the wounded.
This tyrannical, bloodthirsty person assassinated a group of the heads of his state and of those
who established his supreme government. For he was beware of them and afraid of their power.
We will mention some of them as follows:
1. Abu Muslim
It was Abu Muslim who established the 'Abbasid state. Were it not for him its flag would not have
been hoisted, nor its name would have been mentioned; nevertheless al‐Mansur turned away
from him and rewarded him with the reward of Sinmmar[2]. Al‐Mansur summoned the head of
his bodyguards, 'Uthman b. Nuhayk, along with Shabib b. Wajj, and Abu Hanifa Harb b. Qays. He
said to them: "When Abu Muslim come in to me, stop behind the door. When I clap my hands,
come in and kill him." He summoned Abu Muslim, gave him security, and received him with too
much welcome and honoring. Then he lodged him in one of his palaces. Abu Muslim came and sat
in the room next to that of al‐Mansur. He was told that al‐Mansur was busy. He sat for a long
time. He was given permission, and he entered. He greeted him, but he furiously looked at him
and asked him:
‐Tell me why did you precede me on the way to Mecca?
‐I hated our gathering around the water lest it should harm the people.
Then he began counting his detested deeds and blaming him, and he apologized to him for that.
When his censure was too long, he said to him:
‐This should not be said to me after my showing extreme courage and that which
[1] Al‐Tabari, Tarikh, vol. 9, p. 316.
[2] Sinmmar was a Roman. He built king al‐Nu'man, son of Imru' al‐Qays, his palace called al‐
Khuwarniq in the outskirts of al‐Kufa. After he had finished building the palace, al‐Nu'man ordered
him to be taken up to the top of the palace and to be thrown down.
(issued) from me. So al‐Mansur shouted at him: "O Son of the wicked woman! By Allah, if there
was a female slave in your place, she would take your place! You destroyed our state and our
power! If that was up to you, you would not cut the husk of a date stone!" Abu Muslim apologized
to him for that, but his apology was useless. Al‐Mansur loudly clapped his hands, and the people
came in to him drawing their swords. Abu Muslim felt that death was close at hand, so he begged
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