Yazdanbakht

Yazdanbakht, one of the leaders of the Manichaeans in the doctrine of the Abbasid state ².

Ibn al-Nadim reports that al-Ma'mun summoned him from al-Rayy after giving him safe conduct, and the theologians overwhelmed him. al-Ma'mun said to him: "Become a Muslim, Yazdanbakht." He answered that al-Ma'mun was one of those who do not compel people to abandon their doctrines. al-Ma'mun said: "Indeed" ².

al-Ma'mun lodged him in the district of al-Mukhram and set guards over him, for fear of the mob. Ibn al-Nadim describes him as eloquent and fluent in speech ².