 His situation was made worse by the finding of correspondence between him and Mazyar.Further, the Khurasanian governor, Abdallah ibn Tahir, alleged that he had intercepted some of Babak's wealth Afshin had obtained in the earlier campaign and was seeking to transfer secretly to Afshin's lands in Oshrusana.When Mazyar arrived in Samarra, Afshin was arrested.