Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani

معن بن زائدة الشيباني

Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani; al-Mansur's governor of Sijistan — angered by Rutbil's doubled gift-tribute he took Zabulistan with near thirty thousand captives, and in Faraj al-Rukhkhaji's telling put the sword to them over wild-ass dust mistaken for an army; winter drove him to Bust where Kharijites hidden among his builders killed him under the cupping-horn — Yazid ibn Mazyad slew them all.

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Era: The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Participated in: The Killing of Ma'n ibn Za'ida· Ma'n ibn Za'ida's Engraving on the Caliphal Seal· Ma'n ibn Za'ida's Campaign on Rutbil

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Yazid ibn Mazyad· al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba· Ali ibn Abi Talib· Mawand, Rutbil's Deputy· Rutbil (the Zunbil)· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Bust· Kufa

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

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Yazid ibn Mazyad

Yazid ibn Mazyad; Ma'n's vanguard to Rukhkhaj — after the Kharijites killed Ma'n at Bust he slew them to a man, held Sijistan with a heavy hand until forged letters to al-Mansur brought his dismissal, imprisonment and confiscation; released, he hid in Madinat al-Salam, fought the Kharijites on the bridge, and rose under Yusuf al-Barm in Khurasan.