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 252 ʿAlī did not stay long in Al-Baṣra. Having appointed his cousin, ʿAbdallah son of Al-ʿAbbās, governor of the city, with Ziyād, the able administrator, to aid him in charge of the treasury, he set out for Al-Kūfa.