 Abu’l-‘Abbas, on the other hand joined a plot with one of Abu Ja’far Ahmad's Turkish ghulams.Together, they killed Abu Ja’far Ahmad at a drinking party at the end of March 963 and plundered his treasury.The amir's son and heir, Abu Ahmad Khalaf, happened to outside of the capital the night of the murder and less than two months later managed to establish himself in Zarang.