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Salm ibn Ziyad's Khurasan

ولاية سلم بن زياد خراسان

Yazid ibn Mu'awiya gave Salm ibn Ziyad Khurasan; the Khwarizmians truced at four hundred thousand borne to him. He crossed the river with his wife Umm Muhammad bint Abdallah ibn Uthman ibn Abi al-As (may God be pleased with him) al-Thaqafi — the first Arab woman across — came to Samarqand whose folk gave him a thousand-fold bloodwit; a son born to him was named al-Sughdi; his wife borrowed the Sughd lord's wife's jewels, wore and returned them. From Sughd he sent an army to Khujanda — with A'sha Hamdan among them — defeated; then back at Marw he campaigned again across the river and killed Bandun the Sughdi, whose people had mustered for him.

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Al-Baladhuri relates that Yazid ibn Mu'awiya appointed Sallam ibn Ziyad over Khurasan, and the people of Khwarazm made peace with him for four hundred thousand. 1

The governorship

Sallam crossed the river with his wife Umm Muhammad bint Abd Allah, who was the first Arab woman to cross it with him. He came to Samarqand and its people gave him a thousand blood-money. A son was born to him whom he named al-Sughdi. 1

Sallam sent an army to Khujanda, in which was al-A'sha of Hamdan; they were defeated. Then he raided from Merv, crossed the river, and killed Bandun the Soghdian, who had gathered the Soghd against him. 1

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Sallam ibn Ziyad· Umm Muhammad bint Abdallah al-Thaqafiyya· A'sha Hamdan· Bandun the Sughdi

People and things also explored

Salm ibn Ziyad's Ordeal under Ibn al-Zubayr· Harb ibn Salm ibn Ziyad· زياد بن أبي سفيان· A'sha Hamdan· Bandun the Sughdi· Sallam ibn Ziyad· Umm Muhammad bint Abdallah al-Thaqafiyya

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Salm ibn Ziyad's Ordeal under Ibn al-Zubayr

At Yazid's death the people turned on Salm — 'ill did Ibn Sumayya think to command us in community and strife', as had been said to his brother Ubaydallah at Basra — and he left Khurasan to Ibn al-Zubayr, who fined him four million dirhams and imprisoned him. Salm would say 'would I had gone to Syria and stayed in my brother Ubaydallah's service — washing his foot — rather than come to Ibn al-Zubayr'. At Mecca until al-Hajjaj's siege, he tunneled from prison to al-Hajjaj, then Abd al-Malik — 'by God, had you stayed at Mecca she would have no governor but you' — who gave him Khurasan; reaching Basra, he died there.