Tahir Ier

Tâhir Ben Husayn or Tâhir Ier (? - 822) (rear RTL طاهربنالحسين) was a long time a general with the service of the Caliph Abbasside Al-My' mûn. Appointed governor of the Khorasan, it took its independence at the point to create a new local dynasty in Perse the Tâhirides.

Tâhir Ben Husayn was the armed wing of the caliph Al-My' mûn during his seizure of power against his/her brother Al-Amîn. The Al-Amîn armies from Iraq and from Syria and those of Al-Ma' mûn come from Khorasan and conduits by Tâhir, clashed first once close to Ray. The battle started with a singular combat between the two generals, but the army of Khorasan made a load which put in rout the army of Baghdad. Al-Ma' mûn was then acclaimed as caliph in the Khorasan and the Tabaristan. Al-Amîn was folded up on Baghdad where it had to face mutinies in the army.

In 813, a new series of defeats (with Bassora and the doors of Baghdad) of the armies of Baghdad, new mutinies in the troop, and a revolt of the population of Baghdad obliged Al-Amîn to be folded up in the palates. September 1st 813, the palate was taken by storm by the Al-Ma' mûn troops. Tâhir exceeding the orders of the caliph who had asked him to make captive Al-Amîn, made it decapitate. Tâhir put the Al-Amîn head in a basin and known as with its visitors here is Al-Makhlû `(rear RTL المخلوع, deposed the ). The head of Al-Amîn, the sceptre and the coat of the prophet as well as the ring of the caliphate were sent to Al-My' mûn. Two of wire of Al-Ma' mûn and their mother which were held by Al-Amîn left to join their father. The Al-Amîn wire were made captive and sent to Al-My' mûn.

Tâhir also took part in the requonquête of Iraq after the period of dissidence led by Ibrâhîm (rear RTL إبراهيمبنمحمدالمهدي), wire of the caliph Al-Mahdî. The generals of Baghdad learning the arrival from Al-Ma' mûn, betrayed Ibrâhîm and joined with him. Ibrâhîm east flees, the town of Baghdad accepted Al-Ma' mûn and Tâhir on August 12th, 819 carrying the black suit of the Abbasids again.

In 821, in thanks of its services Al-Ma' mûn named Tâhir governor of Khorasan. However Al-Ma' mûn was wary of Tâhir especially after having learned from Zubayda the account from the assassination from Al-Amîn by Tahîr. In 822 Tâhir omitted to quote the caliph in the prayer of Friday, thus declaring its independence. Al-my' mûn had introduced a slave with for mission of poisoning Tâhir if it had suddenly declared his independence. The evening even the slave achieves his mission and Tâhir died.

Ma' mûn left Talha, the son of Tâhir to succeed to him. This decision was going to sanction the dismemberment of the empire. The Tâhirides, successors of Tâhir, can be regarded as the first founders of an independent State in Iran after the Arab conquest in 642.

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