Abu al-Mukhtar's Satire on the Ahwaz Officials
قصيدة أبي المختار في عمال الأهواز
Abu al-Mukhtar Yazid ibn Qabs al-Sa'iq raised his poem against the Ahwaz officials to Umar: 'Tell the Commander of the Faithful, God's trustee in command and ban — leave not the rustaq-folk and villagers who gulp God's wealth; send to al-Hajjaj and learn his account, to Juzz and to Bishr, forget neither Nafi', nor Ibn Ghallab of Nasr's lords, nor al-Nu'man, nor the Banu-Ghazwan son-in-law, ask Shibl for the money and Ibn Muharrish.' Umar mulcted every named man of half his wealth — till he took a sandal and left a sandal — and when Abu Bakra objected 'I left you nothing' came 'your brother holds the treasury and Ubulla's tithes and lends you capital': ten thousand was taken, or half his estate.
At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
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- Had participant
- Abu al-Mukhtar al-Sa'iq· Umar ibn al-Khattab
- Occurred at
- Khuzistan (al-Ahwaz)
People and things also explored
The conversion of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb· Abu Sufyan's mission to Medina· Abu Ubayd's Dispatch to Iraq· al-Ahnaf's Petition to Umar for Basra· The Asawira's Conversion Compact· The Badr war council· The affair of the Badr prisoners· The Qulayb at Badr
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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