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Qutham ibn al-Abbas's Death at Samarqand

وفاة قثم بن العباس بسمرقند

Samarqand

Qutham ibn al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (may God be pleased with him) died with Sa'id's army at Samarqand — some say martyred; hearing it, Ibn Abbas said 'what a distance between his birthplace and his grave' and turned to prayer, citing the verse on seeking help in patience and prayer. Earlier, offered five booty-shares by Sa'id at Khurasan, Qutham had asked only for one share for himself and one for his horse.

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Qutham ibn al-Abbas was with Sa'id ibn Uthman in Khurasan, and died in Samarqand. Al-Baladhuri says it is said that he was martyred there. 1

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Qutham came to Sa'id ibn Uthman in Khurasan, and Sa'id offered him five shares of the booty. He said: no, but give me one share for myself and one for my horse. 1

When news of his death reached Abd Allah ibn Abbas, he said: "How far apart are his birth and his grave." Then he began to pray, and recited the verse about seeking help through patience and prayer. 1

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Qutayba's Conquest of Samarqand· The lord of Samarqand betrays the Khwarazmians· Sultan Sanjar's defeat by the Turks beyond the river in 536· Sa'id ibn Uthman's Siege of Samarqand· The Beginning of Timur's Rise· Ulugh Beg's observatory at Samarkand· Jumay' ibn Hadir's Ruling on Samarqand's Delegation· Mahmudkhodja Behbudiy

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Qutayba's Conquest of Samarqand

Qutayba besieged Samarqand — the old seat of Sughd's kings before Ishtikhan — through repeated battles, while the Shash king came from Tarband with his fighters for the fiercest fighting, broken and routed. Ghurak truced at two hundred and two thousand dirhams yearly with leave to pray in the city — entered, ate the food Ghurak prepared, built a mosque, and left a Muslim colony including the exegete al-Dahhak ibn Muzahim — or, some say, seven hundred thousand and three days' hospitality. The pact covered the idol- and fire-houses: the idols were taken out, stripped, and burned — the Ajam swore whoever touched them perished — and when Qutayba burned them with his own hand many embraced Islam. Abu Ubayda counts the conquest by force, Sa'id's unbroken sulh deemed too small; and he opened Baykand, Kish, Nasaf, al-Shash, Bum of Farghana, Sughd and Ushrusana.