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| | The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall - From Original Sources [Chapter 50] |
 | | Ibn al-Ash'ath rebels against Hajjaj, 80 A.H. Al-Hajjaj was yet to be exposed to another danger: the great King beyond Sijistan, named Zunbil, when attacked drew the Muslim forces into difficult passes of Afghanistan, from which they were allowed to retire only on the payment of humiliating ransom. |
 | | Mindful, however, of the recent misfortune, Ibn al Ash'ath (for so he is commonly called) would have held his hand for a time till the country settled down; but Al-Hajjaj, upbraiding him with faintheartedness, peremptorily bade him to war on; and when expostulated with, threatened supersession. |
 | | Hajjaj appointed to 'Irak, 75 A.H., 695 A.D. He forthwith set out from Medina with a small mounted escort, and crossing the desert by forced marches arrived in the early dawn unknown at Al-Kufa. |
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