Muslim ibn Sa'id's Farghana Disaster

غزو مسلم بن سعيد فرغانة والهزيمة

Umar ibn Hubayra gave Khurasan to Muslim ibn Sa'id, who took al-Afshin's sulh on six thousand heads plus his fortress. When word came that Asad ibn Abdallah had been given Khurasan, Muslim campaigned Farghana — cut the trees and ruined the buildings — till the Khaqan descended and he fled three marches in a day, beasts collapsing under Turkish raids: 'you marched us out to disobey for fear of dismissal — this flattering world did not save you'.

The long-form text for this entry has not been written yet. The facts and connections below come from the museum's data.

Asad ibn Abdallah's Khurasan

Asad made al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Mammarta over Samarqand, where Turkish raids he could never catch drove him to pray in khutba 'cut their tracks, hasten their fates, take patience from them' — the Samarqandis cursed him back: 'rather send patience on us and shake their feet'. Asad took Ghurud's sulh and conversion in the Nimrud mountains; at Balkh he ordered the city rebuilt and the diwans moved there, gained nothing at al-Khattl amid famine, beat Nasr ibn Sayyar for reported talk and sent him to Khalid with three charged with shu'ubiyya — then left al-Hakam ibn Awana al-Kalbi in his place.

Muslim ibn Sa'id's Farghana Disaster

At a glance

Connections

People and things also explored

Sources

People

Asad ibn Abdallah's Khurasan