فتوج المعتصم الأفشين وألبسه وشاحين بالجوهر، ووصله بعشرين ألف ألف درهم، منها عشرة آلاف ألف صلة وعشرة آلاف ألف درهم يفرقها في أهل عسكره
Al-Mu'tasim presented al-Afshin with a crown (tawwa/a), girded him with two jeweled belts wishahayn, and presented him with 20 million dirhams, 10 million of which he kept as a personal gift and the other ro million of which he was to distribute among his troops