and their greed and their bad neighbors. he was a storyteller an eloquent speaker and a shrewd one. abu sulayman alawar and abu saeed almadani the storytellers were among his servants. he is the one who said to his son when he was dying
وجشعهم، وسوء جوارهم. وكان قاصا متكلما بليغا داهيا، وكان أبو سليمان الأعور، وأبو سعيد المدائني القاصان من غلمانه. وهو الذي قال لابنه عند موته