Death of Shabib the Kharijite

هلاك شبيب الخارجي

77 AH

In the year 77, on the word of Hisham ibn Muhammad, al-Tabari mentions the death of Shabib; in another account his death was in 78 ¹. In al-Mas'udi his horse bolted with him and threw him onto the Dujayl bridge; he was wearing a coat of mail and a helmet, and he fell into the water dead. Al-Hajjaj slit open his belly and drew out his heart, which was like a stone; when he cut that, inside was a small heart like a ball; when he cut that, inside it was a clot of blood ².

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al-Tabari mentions the death of Shabib the Kharijite in 77 AH, according to the account of Hisham ibn Muhammad, and in 78 AH according to others. ¹ The year is therefore disputed.

al-Mas'udi's account

al-Mas'udi relates that Shabib's horse bolted with him onto the bridge of Dujayl while he wore armour and a helmet, and threw him into the water dead. He relates that al-Hajjaj slit open his belly and took out his heart, and it was like a stone. He slit it, and inside it was a small heart like a ball, and he slit that, and there was a clot of blood. ²

This is the account of al-Mas'udi alone here, and it needs an additional source.

Sources

Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.6 p.279
Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 130

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