Note 363 — ABU AL-HASAN OF KHORASAN.[346]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Thirteenth Abbaside A.H. 252–255 (= 866–869). His mother was a Greek slave called Kabíhah (Al-Mas’udi and Al-Siyuti); for which “Banjah” is probably a clerical error. He was exceedingly beautiful and was the first to ride out with ornaments of gold. But he was impotent in the hands of the Turks who caused the mob to depose him and kill him—his death being related in various ways.