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The Killing of Abdallah ibn Khazim

مقتل عبد الله بن خازم

Tamim rose at Herat and killed Ibn Khazim's son Muhammad; the father took Uthman ibn Bashir ibn al-Muhtafiz and slew him in cold blood, with a Tamimi. Tamim conspired his deposition — Bujayr ibn Waraqa's party shifted to Abarshahr and renounced him as he sent his baggage with Musa to Tirmidh. Abd al-Malik's writ appointing him arrived; he fed the messenger the letter: 'I could not meet God having broken my bay'a to the son of the Prophet ﷺ's hawari and given bay'a to the son of his exile'. Abd al-Malik gave it to Bukayr ibn Wishah — who had already deposed him, seized arms and treasury, and won Marw's bay'a. Marching for Tirmidh, Ibn Khazim was overtaken by Bujayr near Marw; Waki' ibn al-Dawraqiyya came out in arms and with Bujayr stabbed him, sat on his chest crying 'for Duwayla's vengeance' — his slain half-brother — as Ibn Khazim spat 'curse you: you kill Mudar's ram for a brother not worth a palm of date-stones', and Waki' answered in verse. His sons Anbasa and Yahya fell with him, his mawla Tahman — grandfather of the Mahdi's secretary Ya'qub ibn Dawud — was wounded; Bukayr sent his head to be displayed at Damascus and his severed right hand to Uthman ibn Bashir's sons.

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Abd Allah ibn Khazim al-Sulami was killed near Merv in Khurasan, according to al-Baladhuri. 1

The dispute with Tamim

Ibn Khazim appointed his son Muhammad over Herat, and the Banu Tamim rose up and killed him. His father seized Uthman ibn Bashir ibn al-Muhtafiz and killed him by confinement, and killed a man of Tamim. Tamim then plotted to depose him, and a group of them went over with Bujayr ibn Waraqa to Abrashahr. 1

Abd al-Malik's letter

A letter from Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan came to him appointing him over Khurasan, and he fed the letter to his messenger. He said he would not meet God having broken the pledge to the disciple of the Messenger of God's apostle and pledged to the son of the one he had banished. So Abd al-Malik wrote his appointment to Bukayr ibn Wishah, who had deposed Ibn Khazim and called the people of Merv to the oath. 1

His death

Ibn Khazim went toward his son Musa at Tirmidh; Bujayr followed and fought him. Waki ibn al-Dawraqiyya came out and they stabbed him, and Waki sat on his chest seeking vengeance for his maternal brother Duwayla. His two sons Anbasa and Yahya were killed with him. Bukayr brought his head, which was sent to Abd al-Malik and displayed in Damascus. His right hand was cut off and sent to the sons of Uthman ibn Bashir. 1

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Abdallah ibn Khazim al-Sulami· Waki' ibn al-Dawraqiyya al-Quray'i· Bujayr ibn Waraqa' al-Sura'i· Bukayr ibn Wishah

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Umayya's Khurasan and Bukayr's Killing· Muʿāwiya sends ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Ḥaḍramī to rally Basra (38 AH)· Ibn Khazim's Forged Covenant over Khurasan· Ibn Khazim's War for Khurasan· Ibn Samura's March to Kabul· Qarin's revolt in Khurasan (32 AH)· The Sarakhs Treaty· Abdallah ibn Khazim al-Sulami

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Umayya's Khurasan and Bukayr's Killing

Khurasan split between Bukayr's party and Bujayr's until its notables wrote Abd al-Malik that only a Qurashi could mend it — Umayya ibn Abdallah ibn Khalid was sent, gave Bukayr Tukharistan then the trans-river campaigns, and planned Bukhara then Musa at Tirmidh. Bukayr raced to Marw, seized Umayya's son, called the people to depose him; forewarned, Umayya truced Bukhara cheaply, took ships Bukayr had burned, returned and fought him, then truced him any district he chose — but hearing he still plotted, had him seized at his house and imprisoned, where Bujayr ibn Waraqa leapt on him and killed him. Umayya campaigned al-Khattl, broken since Sa'id ibn Uthman's sulh, and took it.