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Sijistan,andtookpossessionofHarat.Expelledfromtherehe leftforSindwherehedied.(83)
•Abdai-Ral)man'ssonai-FaQIwasaHashimiactivistand poet.HecomposedanelegyonthedeathofZaydb.'Aliinwhich hethreatenedtheUmayyadswithdeathand destruction.(84)Afterthemurderofal-WalidIIin126/744,he encouragedtheI:Iasanid'AbdAllahb.al-H~sanb.al-l:lasanin someversestorisewiththesword.(84a)•AbdAllahb.al-l:lasan nowtriedtogainsupportamonghiskinsmenforthecandidacyof hissonMul)ammadforthecaliphate.Al-FaQIwaspresentatthe meetingoftheBaniiHashimatal-Abwa,nearMekkaatwhich Mul)ammad'scandidacyissaidtohavebeengenerally accepted.(85)Whenai-FaQldiedin129/746-7,•AbdAllahb.alI:Iasan,deeplydepressedbythenews,isreportedtohavesaidof him:"OursayyidinIraqhasdied."(86)
In132,749-50,atthetimeofthe'Abbasidrevolution,Ba~rawas abandonedbythegovernorSalmb.Qutaybab. Muslim.Accordingtoal-Tabari,theBanu1-l:larithb.!AbdalMuttalibpresentgatheredaroundMul}.ammadb.Ja•far,adescendantofNawfalb.ai-I:Iarith,andsethimupas governor.Accordingtoai-BaladhuriandKhalifab.al-Khayyat, itwasSalmwhoappointedMul}.ammadb.Ja'farashis successor.(87)Mul}.ammadb.Ja'fardisplayedtheblackcolourof the'Abbasids.Hisgovernmentlastedonlyafewdaysuntilthe •Abbasidsseizedcontrol.
