Now governor of all the eastern province,…

697 CE

Now governor of all the eastern province, Al-Hajjaj is a ruthless and efficient administrator, intent upon pacifying all the provinces entrusted to him by 'Abd al-Malik.

A great Muslim army, led by an Arab aristocrat, Ibn al-Ash'ath, and operating in the Afghanistan region, mutinies, swears allegiance to its commander, and turns back to Iraq.

With the aid of Syrian reinforcements, al-Hajjaj is able to defeat the rebels; their leader will be murdered in 704 in Afghanistan.

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Basra > Al-Basrah Al-Basrah Iraq View →

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Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan View → Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf View →

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Arab people View → Muslims, Sunni View → Muslims, Kharijite View → Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus) View → Muslims, Shi'a View →

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Migration Period View → Azraqi Khariji Revolt against the Umayyad Caliphate View →

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