The Sarakhs Treaty

صلح سرخس

Sarakhs

Ibn Khazim fought Sarakhs; its marzban Zadhuya sought peace on aman for a hundred men and the surrender of its women — his own daughter fell to Ibn Khazim's lot, who took her and named her Maysha' — and he ruled Sarakhs's land. Another telling: he truced on aman for a hundred souls, named the hundred, omitted himself — and was killed, and the town entered by force. From Sarakhs Ibn Khazim sent his mawla Yazid ibn Salim to take Kif and Yabina.

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Ibn Amir sent Abd Allah ibn Khazim to Sarakhs, and its people fought him. Then its lord Zadhuya asked for peace, and Ibn Khazim prevailed over the land of Sarakhs. 1

The first account

Zadhuya asked for peace on condition of safety for a hundred men, and that the women be handed to Ibn Khazim. His daughter fell to Ibn Khazim's share, and he took her and named her Maysha'. 1

Another account

Al-Baladhuri gives another account in the form "it is said". In it the lord agreed to peace on safety for a hundred persons, named the hundred but not himself, and Ibn Khazim killed him and entered Sarakhs by force. 1

Afterwards

From Sarakhs Ibn Khazim sent Yazid ibn Salim, client of Sharik ibn al-A'war, to Kayf and Wayna, and he took them. 1

The two accounts come from a single source, and the data gives no specific date; a second source is needed.

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Abdallah ibn Khazim al-Sulami· Zadhuya, Marzban of Sarakhs
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Sarakhs

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Muʿāwiya sends ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Ḥaḍramī to rally Basra (38 AH)· The Killing of Abdallah ibn Khazim· 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)· Abdallah ibn Khazim al-Sulami· Zadhuya, Marzban of Sarakhs

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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