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and the sons of Ra'iq, who remained utterly opposed to Mu'nis. The Caliph hesitate between the two opinions, but finally listened to the latter. When Mu'nis marched on
Baghdad, the Caliph rode out to confront him and was killed in the ensuing battle. Mu'nis thus emerged as the undisputed king-maker
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Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat and his son al-Muhassin were executed in 924 as a result of the unrestrained persecution of their political rivals, after which Fadl became the most senior member of his family. For a few years, he had to hide, as the reputation of the Banu'l-Furat had been tainted by
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200:. The refugees fleeing both often rioted in Baghdad, and even attacked the vizier in his own residence; Fadl only escaped death by leaping into his barge and rowing away. At the same time,
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bloodshed. It was Ibn al-Jarrah who brought Fadl back into government as head of the land department for the East in 927. When Ibn al-Jarrah was disgraced following the
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Harun ibn Gharib and Fadl encouraged al-Muqtadir to reconcile with Mu'nis al-Muzaffar, and invite the latter back to
Baghdad, against the counsel of
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Fadl was often called "Ibn
Hinzaba" after his mother. From this the branch of the family he founded is usually called "Banu Hinzaba".
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was in the hands of Mu'nis al-Muzaffar, now hostile to the Caliph, while much of southern Iraq was being controlled or raided by the
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Fadl replaced his father as head of the land department for the East (
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