Nasb-and-the-Nawasib

Abū Jaʿfar himself had alluded to the reason for the nature of his policies in a
discussion with his uncle who was condemning his excessive usage of brutality.
He said:
لن بني مروان لم تبل رممهم وآل أبي طالب لم تغمد سيوفهم
Because the corpses of the Banū Marwān did not fully disintegrate and the
swords of the Banū Ṭālib were not sheathed. 1
This reality had compelled Abū Jaʿfar to impose upon an individual who he
appointed as the governor of Madīnah to track some of the Alawid revolutionists.
He also dismissed one of them when he learnt that he was drawn toward the
family of Abū Ṭālib. 2
Similarly when he dismissed another individual he apologised to al-Manṣūr
saying:
إن دماء بني فاطمة علي عزيزة
The blood of the Banū Fāṭimah is dear to me. 3
Sort of suggesting that he knew what al-Manṣūr wanted from him as a governor.
Thus, as a results of these revolts, many of the Alawids suffered for a very long
time for no reason other than being relatives of a revolutionist 4 or due to being
feared even if they done nothing. To the extent that some of them died in prison, 5
others were murdered therein through poisoning and other ways, 6 and a group
1 Tārīkh Madīnah Dimashq 32/331; Tārīkh al-Islām 9/470; Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ 7/85; Tārīkh al-Khulafāʾ 267.
2 Al-Tuḥfah al-Laṭīfah fī Tārīkh al-Madīnah al-Sharīfah 1/52.
3 Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī 4/409; al-Muntaẓam 8/46.
4 Al-Muntaẓam 8/46; Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ 6/212; al-Bidāyah wa al-Nihāyah 10/95; Tārīkh Ibn Khaldūn 3/238.
5 Al-Kāmil fī al-Tārīkh 5/143; Tahdhīb al-Kamāl 6/85; Simṭ al-Nujūm al-ʿAwālī 3/360, 4/178.
6 Al-Bidāyah wa al-Nihāyah 10/148; Simṭ al-Nujūm al-ʿAwālī 3/360.
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