In 825 he housed Nasr ibn Shabath for a short time after the latter had surrendered and was sent to Baghdad, and in 828 he was part of a delegation dispatched by the caliph al-Ma'mun (r. 813–833) to offer 'Abdallah the governorship of Khurasan.[5] According to Ibn al-'Adim, he was briefly made governor of Aleppo, Qinnasrin, the 'awasim and thughur in place of al-Ma'mun's son al-'Abbas in ca. 829, but he was then dismissed and al-'Abbas was restored to those positions.[6]