Talk:Al-Mu'tadid

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Hi Constantine. I am a little puzzled as to what you mean by "abolishing the fiscal department on property in escheat". (I do know what "property in escheat" is, but can't work out what was abolished. Could you enlighten me? Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:42, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

"the grammarians Ibn Durayd and al-Zajjaj, who became tutor of the Caliph's children" Should that be 'tutorsTemplate:Tsp' or 'the latter of whom...'? Gog the Mild (talk) 12:49, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

"Of his four sons, only one, Harun, did not become caliph." Seems an odd way of phrasing it. Maybe 'Of his four sons, three - x, y and z - were to become caliph'? Gog the Mild (talk) 13:05, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi Constantine. Bar the three queries above I am done. So I shall mark it as finished at GOCE, but leave it on my watchlist for you to respond to the above. As usual, feel free to revert or query anything you don't like or don't understand. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:27, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks a lot Gog the Mild, it looks very good. I've done some very minor tweaks, and tried to address the issues above. And now the usual query on my part: how does it read? Is it understandable to the average reader? Constantine ✍ 16:57, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

It reads very well. Always a trade off between succinctness and lay reader understandability. IMO this article strikes a very reasonable balance. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:50, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Happy to hear that. With that out of the way, I'll proceed with the FAC. Thanks again for your help :) Constantine ✍ 18:13, 15 March 2019 (UTC)