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Khurasan under Ali's Caliphate

خراسان في خلافة علي

Mahwiya, marzban of Marw, came to Ali in his caliphate at Kufa; Ali wrote the dahqans, asawira and dahshalarin to render him the jizya — whereupon Khurasan broke away. Ali sent Ja'da ibn Hubayra al-Makhzumi, his mother Umm Hani' bint Abi Talib, who could not recover it; Khurasan never wore cloth again till Ali's death. Abu Ubayda: Ali's first agent was Abd al-Rahman ibn Abra, Khuza'a's mawla, then Ja'da.

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The Rashidun Caliphate
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Al-Baladhuri relates that Mahwiya, the marzban of Merv, came to Ali in Kufa, and Ali wrote to him for the landowners, the cavalrymen and the dihqans to pay him the poll tax. Then Khurasan rose against them. 1

The envoy

Ali sent Ja'da ibn Hubayra al-Makhzumi and his mother Umm Hani daughter of Abu Talib. He did not conquer it, and Khurasan was not seen at peace until Ali was killed. 1

The governors

Abu Ubayda mentions that the first of Ali's governors over Khurasan was Abd al-Rahman ibn Abra, a client of Khuza'a, followed by Ja'da. 1

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Mahwiya, Marzban of Marw· Ja'da ibn Hubayra al-Makhzumi· Abd al-Rahman ibn Abra

People and things also explored

Jaʿda ibn Hubayra's Khurāsān mission and Naysābūr's defiance (37 AH)· Umm Hani' bint Abi Talib· Abd al-Rahman ibn Abra· Ja'da ibn Hubayra al-Makhzumi· Mahwiya, Marzban of Marw

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Jaʿda ibn Hubayra's Khurāsān mission and Naysābūr's defiance (37 AH)

After Ṣiffīn ʿAli sent Jaʿda ibn Hubayra al-Makhzūmī to Khurāsān; Naysābūr had apostatized and shut its gates, and Jaʿda returned. ʿAli then sent Khulayd ibn Qurra al-Yarbūʿī, who besieged the town until it surrendered on terms — and Merv made peace with him likewise.