Hasaka ibn Utab al-Habati

حسكة بن عتاب الحبطي

Hasaka ibn Utab al-Habati; after the Camel he and Imran ibn al-Fasil led Arab desperadoes into Sijistan — plundered Zaliq, captured al-Bakhtari's grandfather, entered Zaranj — and he killed Ali's envoy Ibn Jaza' al-Ta'i, till Rubay'i ibn al-Kas came with four thousand and killed him.

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The Rashidun Caliphate
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Hasaka ibn Utab al-Habati, a man of the Rashidun period. Al-Baladhuri reports in "The Conquests of the Lands" that after the battle of the Camel he went out with Imran ibn al-Fudayl al-Barjumi, with a group of the vagabond Arabs, to Sistan. 1

In Sistan

They took money from Zalaq, seized the grandfather of al-Bukhtari, and entered Zaranj. Hasaka killed Abd al-Rahman ibn Juz al-Ta'i, the envoy of Ali to them. Ali sent Rab'i ibn al-Kas with four thousand men, and they killed Hasaka. 1

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The Habata Unrest in Sijistan

People and things also explored

Abd al-Rahman ibn Jaza' al-Ta'i· Imran ibn al-Fasil al-Burjumi· Rubay'i ibn al-Kas al-Anbari· Sijistan· The Habata Unrest in Sijistan

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Jaza' al-Ta'i

Abd al-Rahman ibn Jaza' al-Ta'i; Ali's envoy to Sijistan, killed by Hasaka ibn Utab — Ali swore to kill four thousand of the Habata, and was told they were not even five hundred.