Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra's Peace with Rutbil

صلح عبيد الله بن أبي بكرة ورتبيل

Ziyad dismissed al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad and gave Sijistan to Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra, who campaigned; at Barzan, Rutbil sent seeking peace for his land and Kabul's at one million two hundred thousand. Ubaydallah consented, and when Rutbil asked that two hundred thousand be waived he agreed — the sulh concluded at a million dirhams. Ubaydallah reported to Ziyad, who ratified it, and he remained in Sijistan until Ziyad's death.

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Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan removed al-Rabi ibn Ziyad al-Harithi and appointed Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Bakra over Sistan. He raided as far as Zaran, and Rutbil sent to him asking for peace over his lands and those of Kabul for a million and two hundred thousand. ¹

Completing the peace

Ubayd Allah accepted, and Rutbil asked him to remit two hundred thousand, which he did, so the peace was concluded at a million dirhams. Ubayd Allah then went to Ziyad and informed him, and Ziyad confirmed the peace. Ubayd Allah returned to Sistan and stayed there until Ziyad died. ¹

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Had participant: Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra· Rutbil (the Zunbil)

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Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra's Second Disaster· Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdallah ibn Amir's Sijistan· Abdullah ibn Umayya's Truce with the Second Rutbil· Ibn al-Ash'ath's End at Sijistan· Ma'n ibn Za'ida's Campaign on Rutbil· Qutayba's Coming to Sijistan· Rutbil's War and al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad· Rutbil's Refusal of the Governors' Tribute

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

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Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra's Second Disaster

Under al-Hajjaj, Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra returned to Sijistan — bewildered, weakened, the land barren — marched near Kabul, where the enemy seized a defile on him and Rutbil closed in. He truced for five hundred thousand dirhams, three sons as hostages — Nahar, al-Hajjaj, and Abu Bakra — and a writ not to raid while he governed. Shurayh ibn Hani' al-Harithi counselled: 'fear God and fight, else you weaken Islam on this frontier and flee the death that is your lot' — they fought; Shurayh charged and fell; the army escaped spent through Bust's mafaza where many died of thirst and hunger; Ubaydallah died of grief for what befell the people — some say an ear illness — leaving his son Abu Bardha'a in command.