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The Bay'a to Waki' ibn Hassan against Qutayba

بيعة وكيع بن حسان على قتيبة

Qutayba preached his ihsan, their scant loyalty, and warned of the Ajam he had raised over them — they resolved on war and gave no answer. Al-Hudayn ibn al-Mundhir refused their leadership and pointed them to Waki' ibn Hassan ibn Qays ibn Abi Sud of Tamim — 'none else can bear it: a rough Arab whose tribe obeys him, a Tamimi; and Qutayba slew the Banu al-Ahtham, who seek their blood'. They sought him out, he gave his hand, and they swore him bay'a — Hayyan, Maslama's mawla, having gone between them.

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Al-Baladhuri relates that a group of the people of Khurasan agreed to fight Qutayba ibn Muslim and gave their allegiance to Waki ibn Hassan al-Tamimi. 1

Qutayba's sermon

Qutayba addressed the people, enumerating his kindness to them, and condemned their scant loyalty and their opposition to him, and frightened them with the foreigners on whom he had relied. They agreed to fight him and gave him no answer. 1

Choosing Waki

They asked al-Hudayn ibn al-Mundhir to take charge of them, but he refused and pointed to Waki. He said, according to the report, that Waki was a bedouin whom his tribe obeyed, of the Banu Tamim, and that Qutayba had killed the Banu al-Ahtham, so they sought him for their blood. 1

Waki gave them his hand and they gave him allegiance. The envoy between him and them before that had been Hayyan, client of Mushtail. 1

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Waki' ibn Hassan al-Tamimi· al-Hudayn ibn al-Mundhir· قتيبة بن مسلم الباهلي

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The Killing of Qutayba ibn Muslim· The Abu Tutayna Affair· Khwarizm's King Summoning Qutayba against his Brother· Qutayba's Settlement of Khwarizm· Qutayba's Conquest of Madinat al-Fil· Qutayba's Baykand, Bukhara and Nizak's Killing· Qutayba's Opening beyond the River· Qutayba's Conquest of Samarqand

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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The Killing of Qutayba ibn Muslim

Khurasan held forty thousand Basran fighters, seven thousand Kufans, seven thousand mawali. Waki' feigned sickness, shins painted with ochre, sending 'I cannot stir'; those sent to fetch him slipped to his side. He called for spear and his son's-mother's veil as banner — 'Idris, Iblis' messenger, met him: Qutayba swore by God he would not come till he brought his head — and closed on the fustat. Salih called for his bow — 'not a bow day' — a Dabbi's arrow struck Qutayba's throat, he was dragged in and finished; Hayyan called the Ajam to Tamim's side; the tent-cords were cut and the faza's pole fell on his skull. Abdallah ibn Alwan took the head — Hisham ibn al-Kalbi says Jahm ibn Zahr al-Jumhi killed him and Sa'd ibn Majd struck him — brothers, household, the deaf umm-walad died with him; Dirar ibn Muslim alone Tamim spared. The Azd took head and seal; Waki' sent it to Sulayman by Salit ibn Atta, forbade Bahila's plunder, and confirmed Lahiq ibn Humayd on Marw. Qutayba was fifty-five.