Jamil ibn Suhayb
جميل بن صهيب
The Faluja dihqan consulted by al-Hajjaj's new officer — four counsels: keep your door unguarded, sit long among your subjects, judge high and low alike and take no gifts, then tax them till they praise you and the Hajjaj has no way against you 1.
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Jamil ibn Suhayb, a landed notable (dihqan) of Fallujah. Ubayd ibn Abi al-Makhariq consulted him when he was appointed to an office among those of al-Hajjaj. Al-Mas'udi says that he answered with advice: that he should open his door and not take a chamberlain, that he should sit long with the people of his district, that his judgement should not differ between people, and that he should accept no gift from them. 1
The report then gives a final piece of advice: to collect money from them firmly, so that they would be pleased with him and al-Hajjaj would have no hold over him. 1
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 136-137
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