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Khuresan?” Al‐Fedl answered: “No, by Allah! I did my best, but none of them has been mentioned
to me. However, I heard a man mentioning a place where ‘Abd Allah b. al‐Hasan lived.” When al‐
Rashid heard of that, he sent for him, and he was brought to him. ‘Abd Allah b. al‐Hasan stood
before al‐Rashid, and he said to him: “I have heard that you gather the Zaydis and summon them
to go out in revolt along with you.”
‘Abd Allah begged him and denied that, saying: “O Commander of the faithful, I adjure you before
Allah in respect with my blood. By Allah I do not belong to this class, nor have I a name among
them. The possessors of this affair are contrary to me. When I was a boy, I grew up in Medina,
walked in its deserts and hunted hawks. I intended to do nothing other than this.”
However al‐Rashid’s heart was not flexible for his seeking sympathy, and he ordered him to be
detained in a prison of his. This ‘Alawid person was imprisoned for a long time, to the extent that
he was fed up with prison, so he sent a letter to Harun and filled it with cursing and abuses. When
al‐Rashid read the letter, he burnt with rage. According he ordered him to be transferred from
prison. Then he summoned Ja‘far b. Yehya and ordered him to keep him with him. On the
following day, corresponded to Nouruz ‘Id, Ja‘far advanced him, beheaded him, washed his head,
put it in a handkerchief, and sent it to al‐Rashid as a gift along with a group of gifts.[1] Ja‘far
committed this crime because he came to know that the most precious gift given to al‐Rashid was
the murder of the children of Allah’s Apostle, may Allah bless him and his family. For it delighted
him, and made him have great confidence in him.
2. Al‐’Abbas b. Muhammed b. ‘Abd Allah b. Imam Zayn al‐‘Abidin
His Kunya was Abu al‐Fedl. His mother was Um Selema, daughter of Muhammed b. ‘Ali b. al‐
Husayn. He came in to Harun and spoke with him for a long time, and he said to him: “O Son of
the doer!” So al‐‘Abbas became exited and answered him with some severe words, saying: “That
is your mother to whom the slave traders came one after the other!”
This was the statement of the free who do not yield to force and authority. When al‐Rashid heard
that, he boiled with anger. He ordered him to be brought nearer to
[1] Maqatil al‐Talibiyyin, pp. 493‐494.
him. Then he rose, hit him with an iron bar, and killed him.[1]
3. Idris b. ‘Abd Allah b. al‐Hasan b. al‐Hasan b. Imam ‘Ali, the Commander of the faithful, peace be
on him
His mother was ‘Atika, daughter of ‘Abd al‐Melik b. al‐Herth, a famous, poet. Idris took part at the
Battle of Fekh. He and his retainer called Rashid escaped it. He went out. Then he headed for
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