Shortly after Imam Reza's (A.S.) arrival in Merv, Mamun said to him "O son of the Prophet, I acknownledge your esteemed station, your knowledge, your piety and your worship, and I regard you more worthy of the caliphate than myself. Therefore, I wish to relinquish the caliphate and pay allegiance to you.

The Imam, aware of the elaborately hatched plot, gave a curt reply which confounded mamun's plans. He said: "If this caliphate is your right then it is not rightful for you to relinquish it and pass it on to someone else. And if it is not your right then how can you give a thing which does not belong to you to someone else?"

Mamun tried his best for two month, both in person and by flattering letters, to convince Imam Reza (A.S.) to accept the caliphate, but to no avail.

It should be remember that Mamun was an unscrupulous person, who, to acquire the caliphate, had killed his own brother Amin. It is obvious, that a person hungry as he was for the caliphate and worldly power would not willingly hand it over to the Imam.It was clear that there was an ulterior motive behind his repeated requests.

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