^{page 469 note 1} Abu'l Maḥâsin quotes from the history called Mirât ez Zamân, by Abu'l Muzaffar ihn Ḳazaghli, that the Khalîfah, having received news that Mûsa ibn 'Issa intended to rise against his authority, exclaimed, “Wallahi, I will dismiss him, and replace him by the lowest person in my court,” and said to Ja'afar ibn Yeḥia, “Appoint to the Governorship of Miṣr the lowest and meanest person in my court.” So he bethought himself of 'Omar ibn Mahrân, Kheizerân's clerk, who was of ugly appearance, wearing coarse clothing, and was in the habit of riding a mule with his servant mounted behind him on the same animal. So Ja'afar went out to him and said, “Will you be Governor of Miṣr?” He consented, and went thither, riding on his mule, with his servant mounted behind him. He went to the house of Mûsa ihn 'Issa, and there sat down at the end of the divan. When the Council departed, Mûsa asked him if he wanted anything, whereupon 'Omar gave him the letter. When he had read it, he exclaimed: “The curse of God was upon Pharaoh because he said, 'behold, am I not king of Egypt!’” Mûsa then transferred the Government of Egypt to 'Omar, who afterwards returned to Baghdad just as he had left it.—Vide Abu'l Maḥâsin, vol. i. p. 476.

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^{page 286 note 2} —vide al Athîr, Ibn, vol. vii. page 316.Google Scholar

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