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The Marw Sulh

صلح مرو

Marw

Kanazbak, marzban of Tus, compounded Tus at six hundred thousand; Marw's marzban sent al-Shahijan suing for peace, and Hatim ibn al-Nu'man al-Bahili truced Marw at a million two hundred thousand — others say a million dirhams and two hundred thousand jarib of wheat and barley, or a million one hundred thousand uqiyya — on terms that they widen the Muslims' housing while the tax-division rested on them, the Muslims only collecting. All Marw was sulh save the village called al-Sanj, taken by force. Abu Ubayda has it in wada'if, beasts and goods — no cash then — the whole kharaj on that basis till Yazid ibn Mu'awiya made it money.

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Kanazbak, marzban of Tus, came to Ibn Amir and made peace with him for six hundred thousand dirhams. The marzban of Merv, al-Shahijan, sent asking for peace, and Ibn Amir sent Hatim ibn al-Nu'man al-Bahili to Merv, who made peace with it. 1

The amount of the peace

Al-Baladhuri says the peace was for two million two hundred thousand dirhams, and quotes other sayings: a million dirhams and two hundred thousand jaribs of wheat and barley, or a million and a hundred thousand ounces. From Abu Ubayda: it was in slave girls, servants, animals and goods, since the people had no coin at that time. 1

Its conditions

He stipulated that they make room for the Muslims in their homes, and that they themselves divide the money, and that the Muslims had only to receive it. All of Merv was at peace except the village of al-Sanj, which was taken by force. Then Yazid ibn Mu'awiya turned the land tax into money when he came to power. 1

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Kanazbak, Marzban of Tus· al-Shahijan· Hatim ibn al-Nu'man al-Bahili
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Marw

People and things also explored

al-Junayd's Khurasan and the Turkish War· Jaʿda ibn Hubayra's Khurāsān mission and Naysābūr's defiance (37 AH)· The Killing of Qutayba ibn Muslim· Abu Ya'qub al-Hamadhani· ابن السمعاني· al-Shahijan· Hatim ibn al-Nu'man al-Bahili· Kanazbak, Marzban of Tus

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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al-Junayd's Khurasan and the Turkish War

In 112h Hisham gave Khurasan to al-Junayd ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Murri; his vanguard caught the Khaqan's son drunk hunting — sent to Hisham — and he fought on till the Turks were driven off. Reinforced by Amr ibn Muslim with ten thousand Basrans, Abd al-Rahman ibn Nu'aym with ten thousand Kufans, thirty thousand spears, thirty thousand shields, and an open stipend for fifteen thousand men, his raids prospered — while the Hashimi da'is spread and grew strong in his rule. He died at Marw; Hisham then gave Khurasan to Asim ibn Abdallah al-Hilali. Abu Ubayda notes the Tukharistan districts al-Junayd had breached were returned to their sulh.