Muhammad ibn Ali al-Abdi
محمد بن علي العبدي الخراساني
The Khurasani chronicler whom al-Qahir forced at spearpoint to describe every Abbasid caliph's character 1.
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Muhammad ibn Ali al-Abdi al-Khurasani, a transmitter of reports. Muruj al-Dhahab relates that the caliph al-Qahir was alone with him and lunged at him with a spear and missed him. Then he asked him to describe the caliphs of the Abbasids from al-Saffah onward. He related of each caliph his character and his firsts, such as the translation of books and the employment of freedmen. 1
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- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 668-670
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