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Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath

عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن الأشعث

He led the revolt against al-Hajjaj in the year 81 AH, and people gathered to him; he was the first to receive the oath of allegiance 1. According to al-Mas'udi, he fought in Sistan against several Turkish peoples called al-Awz and al-Khalaj, and against the kings of India who ruled those lands, such as Ratbil; after his deposition, the people of Basra and the highlands bordering Kufa and Basra submitted to his obedience. A poet said of him that he deposed kings, and beneath his banner stood the thorny trees of the wasteland and the chieftains of the peoples 2.

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Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath led the rising against al-Hajjaj in 81 AH; people gathered to him, and he was the first to be given the allegiance. 1

According to al-Mas'udi

Al-Mas'udi says that he fought from Sistan against kinds of Turks called the Uz and the Khalaj, and the kings of India who were near them, such as Rutbil. After he threw off al-Hajjaj's obedience, the people of Basra and the mountains next to Kufa and Basra submitted to him. 2

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Ibn al-Ash'ath's End at Sijistan

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Rutbil (the Zunbil)· Sijistan· Ibn al-Ash'ath's End at Sijistan

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.6 p.338
  2. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 122-123
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Rutbil (the Zunbil)

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