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The Marw Sulh

صلح مرو

Kanazbak, marzban of Tus, compounded Tus at six hundred thousand; Marw's marzban sent al-Shahijan suing for peace, and Hatim ibn al-Nu'man al-Bahili truced Marw at a million two hundred thousand — others say a million dirhams and two hundred thousand jarib of wheat and barley, or a million one hundred thousand uqiyya — on terms that they widen the Muslims' housing while the tax-division rested on them, the Muslims only collecting. All Marw was sulh save the village called al-Sanj, taken by force. Abu Ubayda has it in wada'if, beasts and goods — no cash then — the whole kharaj on that basis till Yazid ibn Mu'awiya made it money.

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Era: The Rashidun Caliphate
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Had participant: Kanazbak, Marzban of Tus· al-Shahijan· Hatim ibn al-Nu'man al-Bahili
Occurred at: Marw

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al-Junayd's Khurasan and the Turkish War· The Killing of Qutayba ibn Muslim· al-Shahijan· Hatim ibn al-Nu'man al-Bahili· Kanazbak, Marzban of Tus· Marw

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Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)

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al-Junayd's Khurasan and the Turkish War

In 112h Hisham gave Khurasan to al-Junayd ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Murri; his vanguard caught the Khaqan's son drunk hunting — sent to Hisham — and he fought on till the Turks were driven off. Reinforced by Amr ibn Muslim with ten thousand Basrans, Abd al-Rahman ibn Nu'aym with ten thousand Kufans, thirty thousand spears, thirty thousand shields, and an open stipend for fifteen thousand men, his raids prospered — while the Hashimi da'is spread and grew strong in his rule. He died at Marw; Hisham then gave Khurasan to Asim ibn Abdallah al-Hilali. Abu Ubayda notes the Tukharistan districts al-Junayd had breached were returned to their sulh.