قال فخرجت، وامتثلت أمره، وكاتبت أبا القاسم عليّ بن محمد التنوخيّ، وكان يخلفني إذ ذاك، على كور الأهواز، وقصصت عليه ما جرى
So when I had left the Palace, in obedience to his order I wrote to Abu'l-Qasim 'Ali b. Mohammed Tanukhi, who was my deputy at the time in the districts of Ahwaz, narrating to him what had occurred