As news leaked from Baghdad of the murderous excesses of his sons and of the vicious retribution meted out to Shias in the south, who had the temerity to revolt, it became easy to label him as a kind of devil incarnate.

• 关于他儿子的暴行和对胆敢造反的南部什叶派进行恶意报复在巴格达走漏风声之后，人们自然而然地把他看成了是恶魔的化身。