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As a result, most of their governors were not free from the effects of it and falling
prey to it. On the other hand the Abbasids were completely and fundamentally
different, for none of their governors have been convicted of Naṣb despite the
many and fierce encounters they had with the Alawid Revolutionists, with the
exception of Ibn al-Jahm. 1
2. The stance of the Abbasids regarding the Alawids
Just as the Umayyads and the Abbasids had differed in their stances regarding ʿAlī
I, in a like manner they had differed in their stances regarding his children.
The Umayyads had disregarded and ignored the Alawids throughout their era,
as opposed to the Abbasids whose interaction with the Alawids generally can be
deemed as good, with the exception of the era of al-Mutawakkil in which they
lived in fear. 2
It was not uncommon for the Abbasids to shower tremendous amounts of wealth
upon them and settle their debts. These favours were not confined to those
who were partisans of the Rulers or those from who the rulers sensed no threat,
rather at times it would also include those who rebelled against the Khilāfah from
amongst them.
It is a known fact that the Umayyads had failed to do anything of this sort, except
for ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz V.
1 ʿAlī ibn al-Jahm ibn Badr ibn Masʿūd al-Qurashī, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Khurāsānī al-Baghdādī. A profound
poet who was religious. He was accused of having reservations against ʿAlī I. He was from the
special people of al-Mutawakkil. But al-Mutawakkil became infuriated with him due to his remarks
about some of his companions. He thus banished him to Khurāsān and ordered that he be lashed
whilst bare. He was killed close to Ḥalab after encountering a group of horsemen from the Banū Kalb
in 249 A.H. His compilation of poetry is quite popular. See: Tārīkh Baghdād 11/367; al-Muntaẓam 12/26;
Wafayāt al-Aʿyān 3/355; al-Bidāyah wa al-Nihāyah 11/4.
2 Maʾāthir al-Ināqah 1/238.
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