Marzuq's Ruse upon the Ispahbadh
حيلة مرزوق على الأصبهبذ
When Tabaristan's people breached under al-Mansur and killed Muslims he sent Khazim ibn Khuzayma al-Tamimi and Rawh ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi — with them Marzuq Abu al-Khasib, Khazim's mawla, namesake of Kufa's Qasr al-Khasib. As the siege dragged he begged them to beat him and shave his head and beard; done, he escaped to the Ispahbadh claiming 'these two betrayed me — see what they did — I have fled to you; accept my desertion and I will show you the Arabs' weaknesses'. The Ispahbadh clothed him, rewarded him and showed trust; Marzuq wrote the generals all they needed, contrived the gate till it opened, the Muslims took the city and subdued the land.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Review
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Connections
- Had participant
- Khazim ibn Khuzayma al-Tamimi· Marzuq Abu al-Khasib· روح بن حاتم
- Occurred at
- Tabaristan
People and things also explored
Conquest of Tabaristan· Hayyan's Treaty with the Ispahbadh· Ibn al-Ash'ath's Tabaristan Campaign· Masmala's Destruction in Tabaristan· Mazyar ibn Qarin's Revolt· خروج أستاذسيس· Yazid ibn Hatim's March to Ifriqiya and His Killing of Abu Khatim· الفضل بن روح
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Marzuq's Ruse upon the Ispahbadh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/marzuq-ispahbadh-ruse/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.