 After his death in 852, he was succeeded by Mufarraq ibn Sallam, who strengthened the Muslim conquest and enlarged its boundaries.He also asked for official recognition from Baghdad Caliph al-Mutawakkil's governor in Egypt as "wāli" (i.e., prefect ruling over a province of the Abbasid empire).The third, and last, emir of Bari was Sawdan, who came to power around 857 after the murder of Mufarraq.