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Qarin's revolt in Khurasan (32 AH)

خروج قارن بخراسان (32هـ)

c. 653 CE · 32 AH

Qarin's rising in Khurasan (AH 32): forty thousand from Tabasayn, Badghis, Herat and Quhistan — against them Abdallah ibn Khazim marched with four thousand, wrapping spearheads in oiled cotton and firing them in a midnight feint until the host broke; the ruse won him Ibn Amir's confirmation over all Khurasan 1.

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Era
The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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640650660670 c.
The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period

Civil wars and revoltsWars and campaigns

Overview

Ibn al-Athir relates in "al-Kamil" that Qarin gathered a large number of men from the region of al-Tabasayn, the people of Badghis, Herat and Quhistan, and came forward with forty thousand. 2

The dispute over command

Qays ibn al-Haytham and Abd Allah ibn Khazim disputed the command. Ibn Khazim produced a letter he had forged, saying that he was the commander of Khurasan if there was war. 2

The stratagem

Ibn Khazim marched against Qarin with four thousand men. He ordered the people to take fat, wrap rags, cotton and oil around the points of their spears, and set them alight. His vanguard skirmished with them at midnight, and the polytheists saw fires on the right and left, which frightened them. Then Ibn Khazim fell upon them, killed Qarin and routed his companions, and much captive booty was taken. 2

The outcome

Ibn Khazim wrote the news of the victory to Ibn Amir, who confirmed him over Khurasan. 2

The margin notes that the beginning of this report is found only in the History of Khalifa. 3

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Had participant
Abdallah ibn Khazim al-Sulami· Qays ibn al-Haytham al-Sulami· Abd Allah ibn Amir

People and things also explored

The Conquest of Naysabur· Conquest of Jur· the conquest of Khurasan (30 AH)· Conquest of Surraq· Conquest of Tabaristan· The Death of Yazdgard ibn Shahriyar· Digging of the Ubulla Canal· The Forced Taking of Istakhr

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , v.2 p. 507
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 507 v.2
  3. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 507 n.3
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