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Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani

معن بن زائدة الشيباني

Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani; al-Mansur's governor of Sijistan — angered by Rutbil's doubled gift-tribute he took Zabulistan with near thirty thousand captives, and in Faraj al-Rukhkhaji's telling put the sword to them over wild-ass dust mistaken for an army; winter drove him to Bust where Kharijites hidden among his builders killed him under the cupping-horn — Yazid ibn Mazyad slew them all.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani, whom al-Mansur appointed over Sistan. 1

In Sistan

Rutbil demanded the tribute of al-Hajjaj, and Ma'n sent him camels, Turkish tents and slaves, doubled. Ma'n became angry, and went to al-Rukhkh, conquered Zabulistan and took about thirty thousand captives. In the report of Faraj al-Rukhkhi, he put the sword to the captives after he thought the dust of a herd of wild asses was an army. Then he feared the winter and withdrew to Bust. 1

His death

Al-Baladhuri relates that Kharijites slipped in among his builders and killed him while he was being cupped, and then Yazid ibn Mazyad killed them. 1 In al-Mas'udi, the people of Yemen killed him out of partisanship for their people. 2

Al-Hashimiyya

Al-Mas'udi says that he was in hiding until the day of al-Hashimiyya, when he came veiled. When the people of Khurasan rose against al-Mansur, he struck them with the sword in defence of him. Then he uncovered his face and identified himself, and al-Mansur granted him safety and honoured him. 3

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The Killing of Ma'n ibn Za'ida· Ma'n ibn Za'ida's Engraving on the Caliphal Seal· Ma'n ibn Za'ida's Campaign on Rutbil

People and things also explored

Yazid ibn Mazyad· al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba· Ali ibn Abi Talib· Mawand, Rutbil's Deputy· Rutbil (the Zunbil)· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Bust· Kufa

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
  2. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.220
  3. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.275-276
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Yazid ibn Mazyad

Yazid ibn Mazyad; Ma'n's vanguard to Rukhkhaj — after the Kharijites killed Ma'n at Bust he slew them to a man, held Sijistan with a heavy hand until forged letters to al-Mansur brought his dismissal, imprisonment and confiscation; released, he hid in Madinat al-Salam, fought the Kharijites on the bridge, and rose under Yusuf al-Barm in Khurasan.