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 "id": "event/fall-of-afshin-and-mazyar",
 "class": "event",
 "slug": "fall-of-afshin-and-mazyar",
 "label": {
  "ar": "مصرع المازيار والأفشين",
  "en": "The fall of Mazyar and al-Afshin"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "في سنة خمس وعشرين ومائتين حمل المازيار بن قارن صاحب طبرستان أسيراً إلى سامرا بعد أن بادره الحسن بن الحسين بن مصعب وناوشه الحرب، فأقر على الأفشين أنه بعثه على العصيان لمذهب من مذاهب الثنوية والمجوس، وضرب المازيار بالسوط حتى مات وشهر وصلب إلى جانب بابك، ومالت خشبته إلى خشبته فتدانت أجسامهما، ومات الأفشين في الحبس فصلب بباب العامة وألقيت عليه أصنام زعموا أنها حملت إليه وأضرمت النار فأتت على الجميع {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 450-451}.",
  "en": "Mazyar captured at al-Sariyya, whipped to death and crucified beside Babak; al-Afshin dead in gaol, gibbeted at Bab al-'Amma and burned with his 'idols' {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 450-451}."
 },
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 "tags": [],
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 "data": {
  "kind": "death",
  "date": {
   "start": {
    "hijri": "0225",
    "precision": "year",
    "status": "historical",
    "sources": [
     "source/muruj-al-dhahab",
     "source/muruj-mari-2005"
    ]
   }
  },
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "مروج الذهب للمسعودي (ط الدار الإفريقية/دار التحرير) ج2 ص 450–451; Mar'i ed. (2005) juz' 4 p. 50",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
   "run": "lib-muruj-dhahab-batch-90"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/muruj-al-dhahab",
   "source/muruj-mari-2005"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High)"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "في سنة 225هـ حُمل المازيار بن قارن صاحب طبرستان أسيراً إلى سامرا، ومات الأفشين في الحبس، كما يروي المسعودي. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 450-451}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مصير المازيار",
     "markdown": "يذكر المسعودي أن الحسن بن الحسين بن مصعب ناوشه الحرب ثم حُمل أسيراً. وأقرّ المازيار على الأفشين أنه بعثه على العصيان لمذهب من مذاهب الثنوية والمجوس. وضُرب بالسوط حتى مات، وصُلب إلى جانب بابك. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 450-451}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مصير الأفشين",
     "markdown": "مات الأفشين في الحبس، فصُلب بباب العامة. وألقيت عليه أصنام قيل إنها حُملت إليه، وأُضرمت النار فأتت على الجميع. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 450-451}\n\nهذه رواية المسعودي. يحتاج إلى مصدر إضافي."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/fall-of-afshin-and-mazyar",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   }
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "In 225 AH Mazyar ibn Qarin, lord of Tabaristan, was brought as a captive to Samarra, and al-Afshin died in prison, as al-Mas'udi relates. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 450-451}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The fate of Mazyar",
     "markdown": "Al-Mas'udi says that al-Hasan ibn al-Husayn ibn Mus'ab skirmished with him and then he was carried off as a captive. Mazyar admitted that al-Afshin had sent him to rebel, on behalf of one of the Manichaean or Magian doctrines. He was beaten with a whip until he died, and crucified beside Babak. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 450-451}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The fate of al-Afshin",
     "markdown": "Al-Afshin died in prison, and was crucified at the gate of the common people. Idols were thrown on him, said to be the ones that had been carried to him, and fire was set to them, and it consumed everything. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 450-451}\n\nThis is al-Mas'udi's account. An additional source is needed."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/fall-of-afshin-and-mazyar",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   }
  }
 },
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 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}