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| | Saudi Aramco World : The Oil Weapons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Ibn 'Uqbah, a frail, one-eyed man nearly 70 years old, was summoned to Damascus from his farm in the mountains of southern Syria, and was put in command of a crack army of 20,000. |
 | | In desperation, 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr sought refuge in the haram, the holy precinct that surrounds the Ka'bah. |
 | | Then, just as 'Abd Allah was considering surrender, the Umayyad forces received word to withdraw immediately, for Yazid had died and the troops were needed in Damascus. |
| www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/199501/the.oil.weapons.htm (4115 words) |
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