To Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr on coming to know that he had taken over the position of (Mālik) al-Ashtar as Governor of Egypt after the latter had died on his way to Egypt.
ومن كتاب له (عليه السلام) إلى محمد بن أبي بكر لما بلغه توجّده من عزله بالأشتر عن مصر، ثم توفي الأشتر في توجهه إلى مصر قبل وصوله إليها
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