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Mazyar ibn Qarin

مازيار بن قارن

Mazyar ibn Qarin, Ispahbadh of Tabaristan; he conquered the impregnable Shirwin mountains with Muhammad ibn Musa under al-Ma'mun, who named him Muhammad and gave him the Ispahbadh's rank over Tabaristan, al-Ruwayan and Dumbawand. Al-Mu'tasim confirmed him; six years in he apostatized and broke faith — taken by his brother Quhyar's ambush-ruse with al-Hasan ibn al-Husayn, carried to Samarra in 225, flogged to death and crucified beside Babak.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Mazyar ibn Qarin's Revolt
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Quhyar ibn Qarin

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Mazyar ibn Qarin's Revolt· Quhyar ibn Qarin· Abdallah ibn Tahir· al-Hasan ibn al-Husayn al-Tahiri· Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Mus'ab· Tabaristan

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  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
  • Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi
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Mazyar ibn Qarin's Revolt

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.