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The following quotes a Abd al-Hamid (d. 750), who was the scribe and writing on behalf of the final Umayyad caliph, Marwan II (r. 744-750) | The following quotes a Abd al-Hamid (d. 750, known as Abd al-Hamid "al-Katib" or Abd al-Hamid "The Scribe"), who was the scribe and was writing on behalf of the final Umayyad caliph, Marwan II (r. 744-750) | ||
{{Quote|Recorded by al-Jahshiyari (d. 942), a prominent Abbasid bureaucrat and scholar, in his ''Kitab al-wuzara wa'l-kuttab'' (or ''Book of Viziers and Scribes''). Translated and quoted in: {{citation|editor=Bernard Lewis|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1987|title=Islam from the Prophet Muhammad to the Capture of Constantinople|page=197|ISBN=9780195050875|url=https://global.oup.com/ushe/product/islam-9780195050875?cc=us&lang=en&}}|A governor presented Marwan with a black slave. He said to 'Abd al-Hamid, "Write to him and disparage what he has done" 'Abd al-Hamid wrote to the governor, "Had you found a worse color than black and a smaller number than one, you would have sent that." This is adapted from the saying of a Bedouin who was asked what children he had, and replied, "Little and bad." When asked what he meant, he replied, "Not less than one, not worse than a daughter."}} | {{Quote|Recorded by al-Jahshiyari (d. 942), a prominent Abbasid bureaucrat and scholar, in his ''Kitab al-wuzara wa'l-kuttab'' (or ''Book of Viziers and Scribes''). Translated and quoted in: {{citation|editor=Bernard Lewis|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1987|title=Islam from the Prophet Muhammad to the Capture of Constantinople|page=197|ISBN=9780195050875|url=https://global.oup.com/ushe/product/islam-9780195050875?cc=us&lang=en&}}|A governor presented Marwan with a black slave. He said to 'Abd al-Hamid, "Write to him and disparage what he has done" 'Abd al-Hamid wrote to the governor, "Had you found a worse color than black and a smaller number than one, you would have sent that." This is adapted from the saying of a Bedouin who was asked what children he had, and replied, "Little and bad." When asked what he meant, he replied, "Not less than one, not worse than a daughter."}} | ||