T h e B l a c k S t o n e 43 four years. Then, his younger brother, Abu Taher Sulaiman al-Jannabi, ousted him in 305 AH and took over, and cut us off as well. The Arabian: I see. Why are you here at his house today then? The Fifth Commander: I was told he would shortly be arriving fromMecca. So, I thought to myself if I come to receive him, he may feel sorry for the state I am in especially after his hajj journey, and may then provide me with some money I could live on. The Arabian: Yes, they say he has plenty of money. The Fifth Commander: True. After Abu Taher seized power 15 years ago, he used to take the people to the desert and say to them ‘dig here and you will find money’. They would and indeed find money. This was part of the money, which he and his father had hidden away, and no one knew anything about it. Every time, he would take the people to a different place and after digging the money out, he would keep most of it for himself and give them just a little. They foolishly believed that he had knowledge of the Unseen.
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