Mazyar ibn Qarin's Revolt
خروج مازيار بن قارن
225 AH
Al-Ma'mun gave Mazyar ibn Qarin Tabaristan, al-Ruwayan and Dumbawand, named him Muhammad and gave him the Ispahbadh's rank; al-Mu'tasim confirmed him, then he apostatized and broke faith six years into the caliphate. Abdallah ibn Tahir sent his uncle al-Hasan ibn al-Husayn with Khurasan's men and the caliph sent Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Mus'ab; Mazyar's brother Quhyar ibn Qarin, nursing slights, was secretly theirs. The ruse: al-Hasan hides, Quhyar tells Mazyar al-Hasan offers aman at another spot — marching there, Quhyar's signal brings the ambushers out of the thickets, he seizes Mazyar's belt, they take him unharmed, no pledge — carried to Samarra in 225, flogged to death before al-Mu'tasim, crucified beside Babak at the arch by the shurta-hall; Quhyar was killed by his brother's retainers, and Tabaristan, plain and mountain, was conquered for Abdallah ibn Tahir and Tahir after him.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Connections
- Had participant
- Abdallah ibn Tahir· al-Hasan ibn al-Husayn al-Tahiri· Mazyar ibn Qarin· Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Mus'ab· Quhyar ibn Qarin
- Occurred at
- Tabaristan
People and things also explored
Mazyar ibn Qarin· Quhyar ibn Qarin· The Taking of Hisn Kamkh· Conquest of Tabaristan· Hayyan's Treaty with the Ispahbadh· Ibn al-Ash'ath's Tabaristan Campaign· The Court's Wooing of Transoxania· Marzuq's Ruse upon the Ispahbadh
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi
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