Ibn al-Ash'ath's End at Sijistan
نهاية عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن الأشعث بسجستان
Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath renounced obedience and fled to Sijistan against Abd al-Malik and al-Hajjaj, allying with Rutbil — who then surrendered him in fear of al-Hajjaj's threatening letter. He threw himself from a mountain-top, or a rooftop, chained to his keeper who fell with him, and died; his head went to al-Hajjaj, who truced Rutbil for seven — some say nine — years, thereafter nine hundred thousand dirhams yearly in 'urud.
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Review
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Connections
- Had participant
- عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن الأشعث· Rutbil (the Zunbil)
- Occurred at
- Sijistan
People and things also explored
Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdallah ibn Amir's Sijistan· Qutayba's Coming to Sijistan· Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra's Second Disaster· Abdullah ibn Umayya's Truce with the Second Rutbil· Ma'n ibn Za'ida's Campaign on Rutbil· Rutbil's War and al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad· Rutbil's Refusal of the Governors' Tribute· al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad's Sijistan Campaign
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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