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1 ➢➢ Thereafter Ibrāhīm al-Ghamr ibn al-Ḥasan al-Muthannā, the brother of Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Maḥḍ.
➢➢ Thereafter, al-Ḥasan ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd Allāh, in the days of al-Manṣūr as well.
➢➢ Thereafter, in the days of al-Manṣūr as well, ʿAbd Allāh al-Ashtar ibn Muḥammad al-Nafs al-
Zakiyyah. He emerged in Sindh.
➢➢ Thereafter, al-Ḥasan ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥasan, who revolted in Baṣrah during the days of al-
Mahdī ibn al-Manṣūr. He went undercover due to not having supporters till he passed away.
➢➢ Thereafter, ʿĪsā ibn Zayd ibn ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn. He emerged in the days of al-Mahdī. The
people of Kufah pledged their allegiance to him alongside the people of Basrah and Ahwāz.
Likewise the allegiance of the people of Ḥijāz came to him whilst he was in hiding.
➢➢ Thereafter, ʿAlī ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn al-Ḥasan who also revolted during the era of the Mahdī in
Baghdād.
➢➢ Thereafter, al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-Muthallath. He revolted during the days of al-
Hādī ibn al-Mahdī ibn al-Manṣūr in 169 A.H.
➢➢ Thereafter Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Maḥḍ during the era of al-Hādī as well.
➢➢ Thereafter, his brother Idrīs ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Maḥḍ.
➢➢ Thereafter, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm Ṭabāṭabā ibn Ismāʿīl al-Dībāj.
➢➢ Thereafter, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Mūsā ibn Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq. He was a promoter for
Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, mentioned above. He attained stability in Yemen and few events
transpired for him there. He then moved to Khurāsān and was killed with poisoning in Jurjān.
➢➢ Thereafter Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd ibn al-Ḥasan al-Muthannā. His helpers
forsook him whereafter he went into hiding in Madīnah till he passed away.
➢➢ Thereafter, Idrīs ibn Idrīs ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥasan al-Muthannā who revolted in the west
after his father. His matter intensified and he gained stability. His children’s rule has lived
up to the present day.
➢➢ Thereafter, al-Qāsim al-Rassī revolted during the era of al-Maʾmūn. He started his revolt in
210 A.H. and he passed away in 246 A.H. during the era of al-Mutawakkil.
➢➢ Thereafter Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar al-Ashraf, the governor of Ṭāliqān,
rebelled in the days of al-Muʿtaṣim. Initially his influence expanded, but thereafter he went
to Nasaʾ where he went undercover. After that he was apprehended and imprisoned, but he
managed to escape from prison. The scholars have differed as to what happened to him after
that: some say that he returned to Ṭāliqān whilst others say to Wāsiṭ where he poisoned and
killed by al-Muʿtaṣim.
➢➢ Thereafter Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbd Allāh revolted during the era of al-
Wāthiq. He took control of southern Hirāt and was succeeded by his children till the year 290
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