192:). Upon his arrival to the province he found it to be suffering from a state of lawlessness and accordingly set out on a campaign to restore order, setting out to kill highway robbers and increase security in public spaces. His measures were unpopular but effective, and Ibn Taghribirdi later remarked that "he would have been among the best of the governors of Egypt had it not been for his severity." He remained in the province for thirteen months before being dismissed in favor of
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and won another battle against an insurgent army sent against him; the city subsequently surrendered and he ordered its fortress to be razed. Following a fresh outbreak of unrest in
Arminiyah in 795, Yahya was appointed by Harun as its governor and instructed to handle the situation; upon his arrival
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on the populace. Many residents fled the district for
Adharbayjan or turned to nomadism as a result, causing several villages to become depopulated and fall into ruin. The remote regions of the district also were beset by highway robbers, which prevented the collection of taxes until Yahya took
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207:, which had fallen into rebel hands. Yahya, with 12,000 men under his command, proceeded to invade Adharbayjan, where he defeated the local rebels and pacified the region. He then advanced against
341:, pp. 97–98, identifies Yahya as a son of the Umayyad general, and speculates that the later mentions of Sa'id al-Harashi in al-Mahdi's reign should actually be read as references to Yahya.
349:, pp. 196–97 n. 637, 207 n. 671), calls Yahya and the later Sa'id brothers but casts doubt on their connection to Sa'id ibn Amr, relying instead on al-Kindi's version of their background.
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600:(in Arabic). Cairo: Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya.
62:call him "Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Harashi," while
952:Abdallah ibn al-Musayyab ibn Zuhayr al-Dabbi
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638:(in Arabic). Leyden and London: E. J. Brill.
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981:Isma'il ibn Salih ibn Ali al-Abbasi
876:al-Fadl ibn Salih ibn Ali al-Abbasi
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1336:Abbasid governors of Tabaristan
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1227:Harthamah ibn al-Nadr al-Jabali
1113:Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani
1001:Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Abbasi
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632:(1912). Guest, Rhuvon (ed.).
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534:de Zambaur, E. (1927).
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1080:Al-Sari ibn al-Hakam
991:Al-Layth ibn al-Fadl
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