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Waki' ibn Hassan's Nine Months over Khurasan

حكم وكيع بن حسان خراسان تسعة أشهر

al-Buttam

Waki' held Khurasan sole; Sulayman meant to confirm him but was told fitna raises him and the jama'a lowers him — too rough, too bedouin, a man who called for a basin and urinated in public. Nine months till Yazid ibn al-Muhallab came appointed; Mukhallad his son called Waki' to account — 'yield God's wealth' — 'was I God's treasurer?' — and jailed him. Mukhallad took al-Buttam, left when they breached, then wheeled back and entered it with Jahm ibn Zahr, who took wealth and golden idols — Buttam's folk trace their mawla-status to him.

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Al-Baladhuri relates that Waki ibn Hassan ruled Khurasan for nine months until Yazid ibn al-Muhallab came as governor. 1

Waki's rule

Sulayman wished to appoint him, but he was told that strife raised him up and the community would cast him down, and that there was coarseness and bedouin rudeness in him. The report says that he used to call for a basin and urinate while people looked on. 1

Yazid's arrival

Sulayman wrote to Yazid ibn al-Muhallab to come to Khurasan, and sent him his commission. His son Mukhallad came first, held Waki to account and imprisoned him. He said to him: "Pay God's money." Waki answered: "Was I a treasurer for God?" 1

Al-Butam

Mukhallad raided al-Buttam and conquered it, then its people broke the covenant after him; Mukhallad left and returned until he entered it, and Jahm ibn Zahr entered it and took money and idols of gold. The people of Butam are attributed to his clientage. 1

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Waki' ibn Hassan al-Tamimi· يزيد بن المهلب· Mukhallad ibn Yazid· Jahm ibn Zahr al-Ju'fi
Occurred at
al-Buttam

People and things also explored

The Killing of Qutayba ibn Muslim· Yazid ibn al-Muhallab's Jurjan Campaign· Yazid ibn al-Muhallab's Campaigns and al-Mufaddal's Succession· Hayyan's Treaty with the Ispahbadh· Qutayba's Conquest of Madinat al-Fil· The Fitting-out of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim· The revolt of Yazid ibn al-Muhallab and the Day of al-'Aqr· Umar II's Da'wa beyond the River and Ibn Ma'mar's Raid

Sources

  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.