Rāfiʿ ibn Harthama

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Rāfiʿ ibn Harthama

Iranian rebel

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…Aḥmad al-Khujistānī and, for longer, Rāfiʿ ibn Harthama. After Rāfiʿ had been finally defeated in 896, ʿAmr’s broader ambitions gave the caliph al-Muʿtaḍid his chance. ʿAmr conceived designs on Transoxania, but there the Samanids held the caliph’s license to rule, after having nominally been Tahirid deputies. When ʿAmr demanded and…
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…Aḥmad al-Khujistānī and, for longer, Rāfiʿ ibn Harthama. After Rāfiʿ had been finally defeated in 896, ʿAmr’s broader ambitions gave the caliph al-Muʿtaḍid his chance. ʿAmr conceived designs on Transoxania, but there the Samanids held the caliph’s license to rule, after having nominally been Tahirid deputies. When ʿAmr demanded and…
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