The Allafis' Coup on the Makran Frontier

غلب العلافيين على ثغر مكران ووقعة سعيد بن أسلم

Under al-Hajjaj, Sa'id ibn Aslam al-Kilabi held Makran's frontier till the Allafi brothers Mu'awiya and Muhammad, sons of al-Harith, rose and killed him — Allaf being Rabban ibn Hulwan of Quda'a, Abu Jurm. Al-Hajjaj then gave the thaghr to Mujja'a ibn Si'r al-Tamimi, who raided, took plunder, and opened parts of Qandabil — finished later by Muhammad ibn al-Qasim — dying in Makran within the year. His successor Muhammad ibn Harun al-Namari received, for al-Hajjaj, the king of Jazirat al-Yaqut's gift of Muslim-born women orphaned of merchant fathers.

Overview

al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf appointed Sa'id ibn Aslam al-Kilabi over the frontier of Makran. Then Mu'awiya and Muhammad, sons of al-Harith al-Allafi, rose against him. Sa'id was killed, and they took control of the frontier. ¹

The governors after that

al-Hajjaj appointed Mujja'a ibn Sir al-Tamimi over the frontier. He raided, took booty, and conquered groups of Qandabil. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim completed its conquest after him. Mujja'a died in Makran a year later. ¹

Then al-Hajjaj appointed Muhammad ibn Harun ibn Dhar' al-Namari. During his governorship, the king of the Island of Yaqut sent al-Hajjaj a gift of women who had been born Muslim in his lands and whose fathers had died; the fathers had been merchants. al-Baladhuri mentions that the king of the island meant by this to draw close to him. ¹

The report also mentions Sa'id ibn Aslam and Imran ibn Musa al-Barmaki, the builder of al-Bayda. The data gives no detail of his role, which needs an additional source.

Note

The report comes from "Futuh al-Buldan" alone, and the data holds no date for it.

The Fitting-out of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim

Al-Hajjaj gave Muhammad ibn al-Qasim the Sind frontier — recalled from a Rayy posting — with six thousand Syrian troops and outfitting down to threads and needles, ordered to muster at Shiraz; he even steeped carded cotton in wine-vinegar, dried in the shade, against Sind's vinegar-scarcity — 'soak it, cook with it, dye with it'. Muhammad marched through Makran, took Qanirbur and Arma'il — Muhammad ibn Harun joining him and dying near it, buried at Qanbal.

The Allafis' Coup on the Makran Frontier

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The governors after that

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The Fitting-out of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim