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preserved the government of the group of Hashim from that two swords may be pulled out
among them.[1] That is the government, not that one because of its confusion the news became
great and the two arbitrators scattered. So al‐Fedl gave him seven hundred thousand dirhams[2]
and bestowed a robe of honor on him. Raja’ b. ‘Abd al‐‘Aziz asked Yehya for some money, and he
gave him seven hundred thousand dirhams.[3] Al‐Qali mentioned that a poet came in to al‐Fedl b.
Yehya, and a servant came out and told al‐Fedl of his newborn baby, so the poet said to him:
Those who seek generosity, the spear, the sword, and the arrowhead rejoice at the newborn baby
from among the family of Berek. The hopes spread out because of his favor, especially when he is
from among the children of al‐Fedl. So he ordered a hundred thousand dirhams to be given to
him. Then the poet recited to al‐Fedl another poem, and he gave him another hundred thousand
dirhams.[4] An ‘Abbasid ruler usurped a village called al‐Rughab. So their owners brought a suit
against him before a judge, but the judge decided the suit for the ‘Abbasid ruler. The ruler
threatened them and ordered them to leave the village. Accordingly, they sought help from Ja‘far,
and he helped them through buying the village for twenty millions dirhams and gave it as a gift to
their owners. For this reason a poet praised him for his favor, saying:
The generosity of his hands returned al‐Rughab when its inhabitants were in the same position
with respect to an armless fisherman. They believed in losing it and their destruction, and the
time threatened them with a more difficult day. So he freed it for them when they were in a
critical situation.
None other than him was hoped to release it; the generous is hoped for all difficult affairs.
[1] He refers to the story of Yehya b. 'Abd Allah al‐'Alawi when he revolted against the
government of Harun in al‐Daylem. Harun sent al‐Fedl b. Yehya to battle against him. However, a
peace treaty was signed by the two parties, so no battle took place between them. Will mention
the story within the book.
[2] 'Asr al‐Ma'mun, vol. 1, p. 141.
[3] Al‐Mustatraf, vol. 1, p. 228.
[4] Al‐Qali, al‐Amali, p. 99.
Those far and near talked about that generosity of al‐Beramika.[1] Ja‘far minted for himself big
gold dinars, that he might give it to the people. He wrote on both faces these two poetry lines:
Man a yellow (dinar) of the minting of the house of the kings. On its face Ja‘far’s face appears. It is
one above a hundred. If a poor person attains it, he becomes wealthy.[2]
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