Note 577 — Chapter XLVII · SOME BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. A.H. XL.-L.
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Amru is, as a matter of course, unpopular with the Abbasside historians, who make the most of his undoubted unscrupulousness and levity both in word and action. His last words are said to have been the humble confession that his life had been one of rebellion against the Lord, and an earnest prayer for pardon.