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| | The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall - From Original Sources [Chapter 69] |
 | | But so vast were the crowds that thronged the spot, and so intense their excitement as they cried"What would the Prophet say to this outrage on his own flesh and blood!" that the head had to be removed, placed in a box, and guarded in the armoury. |
 | | In the East, the Tahirid dynasty, still nominally dependent on the Caliphate, and hitherto a real support, was falling rapidly into decay before its Saffarid enemies on the side of Sijistan, and the 'Alid aspirants on that of Tabaristan. |
 | | The Persian governors, especially those recently appointed of the Tahirid family, were attended by escorts from the East, whose names not being entered on the civil list, they were paid from a separate fund, and adjustment made from the treasury of Merv. |
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