He has been informed that you are the chief (shaykh) of your own area...

He has been informed that you are the chief (shaykh) of your own area, since I wished to invest you with that area. However, you have to follow him and hand all the revenues to collect over to him." In a letter to his agents in Baghdad, Mada’in and Kufa, al‑Hadi wrote, "O Ayyub b. Nuh, I am commanding you to cut off relations between yourself and Abu ‘Ali. Both of you should engage yourselves with what you have been entrusted and ordered to do in your areas.

If you do so you should be able to manage your affairs without consulting me ... O…