 At Samarra, the Turks were having problems with the "Westerns" (Berbers and Moors), while the Arabs and Persians at Baghdad, who had supported al-Musta'in, regarded both with equal hatred.Al-Mu'tazz put his brothers Al-Mu'eiyyad and Abu Ahmed to death.The ruler spent recklessly, causing a revolt of Turks, Africans, and Persians for their pay.