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Tirmidh between Musa ibn Khazim and Qutayba

الترمذ بين موسى بن عبد الله بن خازم وقتيبة

al-Tirmidh

When Abdallah ibn Khazim al-Sulami was killed his son Musa came to Tirmidh's king, who sheltered him and his men — till Musa cast him out and held it in rebellion; at his death it passed to the governors, its people broke, and Qutayba ibn Muslim retook it.

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The Umayyad Period
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Al-Baladhuri relates that when Abd Allah ibn Khazim al-Sulami was killed, his son Musa, king of Tirmidh, gave him protection and took him in with his followers. Then Musa drove the king out of it and took control of it, while in opposition. 1

After Musa

When Musa was killed, Tirmidh came into the hands of the governors. Then its people rebelled, and Qutayba ibn Muslim conquered it. 1

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Musa ibn Abdallah ibn Khazim
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The Killing of Musa ibn Abdallah ibn Khazim· Musa ibn Khazim's Seizure of Tirmidh· Musa's Wars from Tirmidh· Musa ibn Abdallah ibn Khazim· al-Tirmidh

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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The Killing of Musa ibn Abdallah ibn Khazim

Al-Mufaddal sent Uthman ibn Mas'ud with fifteen thousand, who camped on the island still called Jazirat Uthman, pressed Musa, and summoned Tarkhun. Seeing the forces arrive, Musa left the city charging his men: 'if I am killed, yield it to Mudrik ibn al-Muhallab, never to Ibn Mas'ud'. Turks and Sughd cut him off, his horse stumbled, he mounted behind a mawla crying 'death is bitter'; Uthman marked him — 'Musa's leap, by the Lord of the Ka'ba!' — drove him down, and they surrounded and slew him and his company save Irqiya ibn al-Harfana, spared to Khalid ibn Abi Barza. Wasil ibn Taysala al-Anbari struck the final blow; the city went to Mudrik — it was the end of 85h — and the man who struck dead Musa's leg was himself killed by Qutayba.