Abbasid Studies IV by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: RELIGION / Islam / History
ISBN: 9780906094792
Publisher: Gibb Memorial Trust
Published: 2013-12-12T16:00:00+00:00

POWER AND MONEY

A significant portion of biographical material on Thaʿlab is devoted to money and power. Besides the training of students who went on to become professional grammarians, Thaʿlab’s main employment was in the household of rich patrons. Here he provides a list:41

Abū ʿUmar b. Saʿd said: Abū l-ʿAbbās said: “I became a companion of Aḥmad b. Saʿīd b. Salm in 223; he was refined (ẓarīf) and looked exactly like refined people do; I left him in 225. I was the companion of al-ʿAbbās Būkradān until 243. I became the companion of Muḥammad b. ʿAbdallāh b. Ṭāhir in that year on the 1st of Muḥarram, and I remained his companion for thirteen years until he died, God have mercy on him.”

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