أبو العباس بن واصل صاحب البطيحة

أبو العباس بن واصل صاحب البطيحة

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Abu al-Abbas ibn Wasil. He served the Karaj, and by reckoning it was calculated that he would become a king, so they mocked him: one would say, 'When you are king, employ me,' and another, 'Bestow a robe of honour on me.' He became king: he took Siraf, then Basra, and marched on al-Ahwaz; he defeated Baha al-Dawla, seized al-Bata'ih and expelled Muhadhdhab al-Dawla Ali ibn Nasr from it to Baghdad. Baha al-Dawla escaped with as much of his wealth as he could, but it was taken on the road and he was reduced to riding a cow. He then went to Ibn Wasil and sought protection from Hassan ibn Thumal al-Khafaji, who sent him to the shrine of Ali, where he gave many alms. He set out for Badr ibn Hasanwayh, with whom he had friendship, but Abu al-Fath ibn Anaz took his money and handed him over to Baha al-Dawla's men, who killed him at Wasit in Safar 397 ¹.