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Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2681

Then the Year 132 AH Began

ذِكْرُ هَزِيمَةِ مَرْوَانَ بِالزَّابِ   قَدْ ذَكَرْنَا أَنْ قَحْطَبَةَ أَرْسَلَ أَبَا عَوْنٍ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ بْنَ يَزِيدَ الْأَزْدِيَّ إِلَى شَهْرَزُورَ، وَأَنَّهُ قَتَلَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ سُفْيَانَ، وَأَقَامَ بِنَاحِيَةِ الْمَوْصِلِ، وَأَنَّ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ سَارَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَرَّانَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ الزَّابَ، وَحَفَرَ خَنْدَقًا، وَكَانَ فِي عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةِ أَلْفٍ، وَسَارَ أَبُو عَوْنٍ إِلَى الزَّابِ، فَوَجَّهَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ إِلَى أَبِي عَوْنٍ عُيَيْنَةَ بْنَ مُوسَى، وَالْمِنْهَالَ بْنَ فَتَّانٍ، وَإِسْحَاقَ بْنَ طَلْحَةَ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ آلَافٍ. فَلَمَّا ظَهَرَ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ بَعَثَ سَلَمَةَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي أَلْفَيْنِ، وَعَبْدَ اللَّهِ الطَّائِيَّ فِي أَلْفٍ وَخَمْسِمِائَةٍ، وَعَبْدَ الْحَمِيدِ بْنَ رِبْعِيٍّ الطَّائِيَّ فِي أَلْفَيْنِ، وَوِدَاسَ بْنَ نَضْلَةَ فِي خَمْسِمِائَةٍ إِلَى أَبِي عَوْنٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ يَسِيرُ إِلَى مَرْوَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي ؟ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ: أَنَا. فَسَيَّرَهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَوْنٍ، فَقَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ، فَتَحَوَّلَ أَبُو عَوْنٍ عَنْ سُرَادِقِهِ، وَخَلَّاهُ لَهُ وَمَا فِيهِ. فَلَمَّا كَانَ لِلَيْلَتَيْنِ خَلَتَا مِنْ جُمَادَى الْآخِرَةِ سَنَةَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَثَلَاثِينَ وَمِائَةٍ سَأَلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ مَخَاضَةٍ فَدُلَّ عَلَيْهَا بِالزَّابِ، فَأَمَرَ عُيَيْنَةَ بْنَ مُوسَى، فَعَبَرَ فِي خَمْسَةِ آلَافٍ، فَانْتَهَى إِلَى عَسْكَرِ مَرْوَانَ، فَقَاتَلَهُمْ حَتَّى أَمْسَوْا، وَرَجَعَ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ. وَأَصْبَحَ مَرْوَانُ فَعَقَدَ الْجِسْرَ وَعَبَرَ عَلَيْهِ، فَنَهَاهُ وُزَرَاؤُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ، وَسَيَّرَ ابْنَهُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ، فَنَزَلَ أَسْفَلَ مِنْ عَسْكَرِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، فَبَعَثَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْمُخَارِقَ فِي أَرْبَعَةِ آلَافٍ نَحْوَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ، فَسَرَّحَ إِلَيْهِ ابْنُ مَرْوَانَ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، فَالْتَقَيَا، فَانْهَزَمَ أَصْحَابُ الْمُخَارِقِ، وَثَبَتَ هُوَ، فَأُسِرَ هُوَ وَجَمَاعَةٌ، وَسَيَّرَهُمْ إِلَى مَرْوَانَ مَعَ رُءُوسِ الْقَتْلَى. فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ: أَدْخِلُوا عَلَيَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَسْرَى. فَأَتَوْهُ بِالْمُخَارِقِ، وَكَانَ نَحِيفًا. فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ الْمُخَارِقُ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، أَنَا عَبْدٌ مِنْ عَبِيدِ أَهْلِ الْعَسْكَرِ. قَالَ: فَتَعْرِفُ الْمُخَارِقَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: فَانْظُرْ هَلْ تَرَاهُ فِي هَذِهِ الرُّءُوسِ. فَنَظَرَ إِلَى رَأْسٍ مِنْهَا فَقَالَ: هُوَ هَذَا. فَخَلَّى سَبِيلَهُ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مَعَ مَرْوَانَ حِينَ نَظَرَ الْمُخَارِقَ، وَهُوَ لَا يَعْرِفُهُ: لَعَنَ اللَّهُ أَبَا مُسْلِمٍ حِينَ جَاءَنَا بِهَؤُلَاءِ يُقَاتِلُنَا بِهِمْ. وَقِيلَ: إِنَّ الْمُخَارِقَ لَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَى الرُّءُوسِ قَالَ: مَا أَرَى رَأْسَهُ فِيهَا وَلَا أُرَاهُ إِلَّا قَدْ ذَهَبَ. فَخَلَّى سَبِيلَهُ. وَلَمَّا بَلَغَتِ الْهَزِيمَةُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى طَرِيقِ الْمُنْهَزِمِينَ مَنْ يَمْنَعُهُمْ مِنْ دُخُولِ الْعَسْكَرِ لِئَلَّا يُنْكِرَ قَوْمُهُمْ، وَأَشَارَ عَلَيْهِ أَبُو عَوْنٍ أَنْ يُبَادِرَ مَرْوَانَ بِالْقِتَالِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَظْهَرَ أَمْرُ الْمُخَارِقِ، فَيَفُتَّ ذَلِكَ فِي أَعْضَادِ النَّاسِ، فَنَادَى فِيهِمْ بِلُبْسِ السِّلَاحِ وَالْخُرُوجِ إِلَى الْحَرْبِ، فَرَكِبُوا، وَاسْتَخْلَفَ عَلَى عَسْكَرِهِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ صُولٍ، وَسَارَ نَحْوَ مَرْوَانَ، وَجَعَلَ عَلَى مَيْمَنَتِهِ أَبَا عَوْنٍ، وَعَلَى مَيْسَرَتِهِ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَكَانَ عَسْكَرُهُ عِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا، وَقِيلَ: اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا، ( وَقِيلَ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ ). فَلَمَّا الْتَقَى الْعَسْكَرَانِ قَالَ مَرْوَانُ لِعَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ: إِنْ زَالَتِ الْيَوْمَ الشَّمْسُ وَلَمْ يُقَاتِلُونَا كُنَّا الَّذِينَ نَدْفَعُهَا إِلَى الْمَسِيحِ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ - وَإِنْ قَاتَلُونَا فَأَقْبَلَ الزَّوَالُ، فَإِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ. وَأَرْسَلَ مَرْوَانُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَسْأَلُهُ الْمُوَادَعَةَ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: كَذَبَ ابْنُ زُرَيْقٍ، لَا تَزُولُ الشَّمْسُ حَتَّى أُوَطِّئَهُ الْخَيْلَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ. فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ لِأَهْلِ الشَّامِ: قِفُوا لَا نَبْدؤُهُمْ بِالْقِتَالِ، وَجَعَلَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى الشَّمْسِ، فَحَمَلَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، وَهُوَ خَتْنُ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَى ابْنَتِهِ، فَغَضِبَ وَشَتَمَهُ، وَقَاتَلَ ابْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ أَبَا عَوْنٍ، فَانْحَازَ أَبُو عَوْنٍ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، فَقَالَ لِمُوسَى بْنِ كَعْبٍ: يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ مُرِ النَّاسَ فَلْيَنْزِلُوا. فَنُودِيَ: الْأَرْضَ، فَنَزَلَ النَّاسُ وَأَشْرَعُوا الرِّمَاحَ وَجَثَوْا عَلَى الرُّكَبِ فَقَاتَلُوهُمْ، وَجَعَلَ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ يَتَأَخَّرُونَ كَأَنَّهُمْ يُدْفَعُونَ. وَمَشَى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قُدُمًا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ حَتَّى مَتَى نُقْتَلُ فِيكَ ؟ وَنَادَى: يَا أَهْلَ خُرَاسَانَ ! يَا لَثَارَاتِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ! يَا مُحَمَّدُ ! يَا مَنْصُورُ ! وَاشْتَدَّ بَيْنَهُمُ الْقِتَالُ. فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ لِقُضَاعَةَ: انْزِلُوا. فَقَالُوا: قُلْ لِبَنِي سُلَيْمٍ فَلْيَنْزِلُوا. فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى السَّكَاسِكِ أَنِ احْمِلُوا، فَقَالُوا: قُلْ لِبَنِي عَامِرٍ فَلْيَحْمِلُوا. فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى السَّكُونِ أَنِ احْمِلُوا، فَقَالُوا: قُلْ لِغَطَفَانَ فَلْيَحْمِلُوا. فَقَالَ لِصَاحِبِ شُرْطَتِهِ: انْزِلْ. فَقَالَ: وَاللَّهِ مَا كُنْتُ لِأَجْعَلَ نَفْسِي عَرَضًا. قَالَ: أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لَأَسُوءَنَّكَ ! فَقَالَ: وَدِدْتُ وَاللَّهِ أَنَّكَ قَدَرْتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ. وَكَانَ مَرْوَانُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ لَا يُدَبِّرُ شَيْئًا إِلَّا كَانَ فِيهِ الْخَلَلُ، فَأَمَرَ بِالْأَمْوَالِ فَأُخْرِجَتْ، وَقَالَ لِلنَّاسِ: اصْبِرُوا وَقَاتِلُوا فَهَذِهِ الْأَمْوَالُ لَكُمْ. فَجَعَلَ نَاسٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ يُصِيبُونَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، ( فَقِيلَ لَهُ: إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ مَالُوا عَلَى هَذَا الْمَالِ وَلَا نَأْمَنُهُمْ أَنْ يَذْهَبُوا بِهِ. فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى ابْنِهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: أَنْ سِرْ فِي أَصْحَابِكَ إِلَى مُؤَخَّرِ عَسْكَرِكَ فَاقْتُلْ مَنْ أَخَذَ مِنَ ) الْمَالِ وَامْنَعْهُمْ. فَمَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بِرَايَتِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ، فَقَالَ النَّاسُ: الْهَزِيمَةُ الْهَزِيمَةُ ! فَانْهَزَمَ مَرْوَانُ وَانْهَزَمُوا، وَقُطِعَ الْجِسْرُ، وَكَانَ مَنْ غَرِقَ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّنْ قُتِلَ. فَكَانَ مِمَّنْ غَرِقَ يَوْمَئِذٍ: إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ ابْنِ الْمَخْلُوعِ، فَاسْتَخْرَجُوهُ فِي الْغَرْقَى، فَقَرَأَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: ( وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ الْبَحْرَ فَأَنْجَيْنَاكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ ). وَقِيلَ: بَلْ قَتَلَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ بِالشَّامِ. وَقُتِلَ فِي هَذِهِ الْوَقْعَةِ سَعِيدُ بْنُ هِشَامِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ. وَقِيلَ: بَلْ قَتَلَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بِالشَّامِ. وَأَقَامَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ فِي عَسْكَرِهِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ وَلَدِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ يُعَيِّرُ مَرْوَانَ: لَجَّ الْفِرَارُ بِمَرْوَانَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ عَادَ الظَّلُومُ ظَلِيمًا هَمُّهُ الْهَرَبُ أَيْنَ الْفِرَارُ وَتَرْكُ الْمُلْكِ إِذْ ذَهَبَتْ عَنْكَ الْهُوَيْنَا فَلَا دِينٌ وَلَا حَسَبُ فَرَاشَةُ الْحِلْمِ، فِرْعَوْنُ الْعِقَابِ وَإِنْ تَطْلُبْ نَدَاهُ فَكَلْبٌ دُونَهُ كَلِبُ. وَكَتَبَ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ إِلَى السَّفَّاحِ بِالْفَتْحِ، وَحَوَى عَسْكَرَ مَرْوَانَ بِمَا فِيهِ، فَوَجَدَ سِلَاحًا كَثِيرًا وَأَمْوَالًا، وَلَمْ يَجِدْ فِيهِ امْرَأَةً إِلَّا جَارِيَةً كَانَتْ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ. فَلَمَّا أَتَى الْكِتَابُ السَّفَّاحَ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَأَمَرَ لِمَنْ شَهِدَ الْوَقْعَةَ بِخَمْسِمِائَةِ خَمْسِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ، وَرَفَعَ أَرْزَاقَهُمْ إِلَى ثَمَانِينَ. وَكَانَتْ هَزِيمَةُ مَرْوَانَ بِالزَّابِ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ لِإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً خَلَتْ مِنْ جُمَادَى الْآخِرَةِ، وَكَانَ فِيمَنْ قُتِلَ مَعَهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ هِشَامِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، وَهُوَ أَخُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ صَاحِبِ الْأَنْدَلُسِ، فَلَمَّا تَقَدَّمَ إِلَى الْقِتَالِ رَأَى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ فَتًى عَلَيْهِ أُبَّهَةُ الشَّرَفِ يُقَاتِلُ مُسْتَقْتِلًا فَنَادَاهُ: يَا فَتًى لَكَ الْأَمَانُ وَلَوْ كَنْتَ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ ! فَقَالَ: إِنْ لَمْ أَكُنْهُ فَلَسْتُ بِدُونِهِ. قَالَ: فَلَكَ الْأَمَانُ، وَلَوْ كُنْتَ مَنْ كُنْتَ. فَأَطْرَقَ ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَذَلُّ الْحَيَاةِ وَكُرْهُ الْمَمَاتِ وَكُلًّا أُرَاهُ طَعَامًا وَبِيلًا     فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ غَيْرُ إِحْدَاهُمَا فَسَيْرٌ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ سَيْرًا جَمِيلًا ثُمَّ قَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ، فَإِذَا هُوَ مَسْلَمَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ.

Translation

✧ Mention of the defeat of Marwān at the Zāb We have mentioned that Qaḥṭabah sent Abū ʿAwn ʿAbd al-Malik b. Yazīd al-Azdī to Shahrazūr, and that he killed ʿUthmān b. Sufyān and remained in the region of al-Mawṣil, and that Marwān b. Muḥammad marched against him from Ḥarrān until he reached the Zāb, and he dug a trench. He was in twenty and a hundred thousand [i.e., 120,000], and Abū ʿAwn marched to the Zāb. Abū Salamah sent to Abū ʿAwn ʿUyaynah b. Mūsā, al-Minhāl b. Fattān, and Isḥāq b. Ṭalḥah, each one in three thousand. When Abū al-ʿAbbās appeared, he sent Salamah b. Muḥammad in two thousand, ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṭāʾī in one thousand five hundred, ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Ribʿī al-Ṭāʾī in two thousand, and Widās b. Naḍlah in five hundred to Abū ʿAwn. Then he said: "Who will march to Marwān from my family?" ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAlī said: "I will." So he sent him to Abū ʿAwn, and he arrived to him. Abū ʿAwn moved from his pavilion and vacated it for him and what was in it. When two nights had passed of Jumādā al-Ākhirah in the year 132, ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAlī asked about a ford and was directed to it at the Zāb. He ordered ʿUyaynah b. Mūsā, so he crossed in five thousand and reached Marwān's camp. He fought them until evening, then returned to ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAlī. Marwān rose in the morning, laid a bridge, and crossed over it. His ministers forbade him from that, but he did not accept. He sent his son ʿAbd Allāh, who encamped below the camp of ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAlī. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAlī sent al-Mukhāriq in four thousand toward ʿAbd Allāh b. Marwān. Ibn Marwān sent against him al-Walīd b. Muʿāwiyah b. Marwān b. al-Ḥakam. They met, and al-Mukhāriq's companions were defeated, while he himself stood firm. He and a group were taken prisoner, and they were sent to Marwān together with the heads of the slain. Marwān said: "Bring in to me a man from the prisoners." They brought him al-Mukhāriq, and he was thin. He said: "Are you al-Mukhāriq?" He said: "No, I am a slave from the slaves of the people of the camp." He said: "Do you know al-Mukhāriq?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Then look whether you see him among these heads." He looked at one of the heads and said: "It is this one." So he let him go. A man with Marwān said when he looked at al-Mukhāriq, not knowing him: "May God curse Abū Muslim when he brought us these people to fight against us with them." It was said: When al-Mukhāriq looked at the heads, he said: "I do not see his head among them, and I do not think he is other than gone." So he let him go. When the defeat reached ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAlī, he sent to the route of the defeated ones someone to prevent them from entering the camp, lest their people take alarm. Abū ʿAwn advised him to hasten battle with Marwān before the matter of al-Mukhāriq became known, and that would break the people's resolve. So he called among them to put on weapons and go out to war. They mounted, and he appointed Muḥammad b. Ṣūl over his camp, and he marched toward Marwān. He placed Abū ʿAwn on his right wing and al-Walīd b. Muʿāwiyah on his left wing. His camp was twenty thousand, and it was said: twelve thousand, and other than that was said. When the two camps met, Marwān said to ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz: "If the sun declines today and they have not fought us, we would be the ones who hand it over to the Messiah ﷺ, and if they fight us before the declining, then we are to God and to Him we return." Marwān sent to ʿAbd Allāh asking him for truce. ʿAbd Allāh said: "The son of Zurayq has lied. The sun will not decline until I trample him under cavalry, if God wills." Marwān said to the people of Syria: "Stand; we will not begin fighting them." He kept looking at the sun. Al-Walīd b. Muʿāwiyah b. Marwān b. al-Ḥakam charged, and he was the son-in-law of Marwān b. Muḥammad, married to his daughter. He became angry and reviled him. Ibn Muʿāwiyah fought Abū ʿAwn, and Abū ʿAwn withdrew to ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAlī. He said to Mūsā b. Kaʿb: "O ʿAbd Allāh, order the people to dismount." So it was called: "To the ground!" The people dismounted, leveled their spears, and knelt on their knees and fought them. The people of Syria began to fall back as if they were being driven. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAlī advanced on foot, saying: "O Lord, how long shall we be killed for Your sake?" He called: "O people of Khurāsān! O vengeance for Ibrāhīm! O Muḥammad! O Manṣūr!" The fighting intensified between them. Marwān said to Quḍāʿah: "Dismount." They said: "Tell Banū Sulaym to dismount." He sent to al-Sakāsik: "Charge." They said: "Tell Banū ʿĀmir to charge." He sent to al-Sakūn: "Charge." They said: "Tell Ghaṭafān to charge." He said to the commander of his guard: "Dismount." He said: "By God, I will not make myself a target." He said: "By God, I will harm you!" He said: "I wish by God that you were able to do that." On that day Marwān did not manage anything without there being a flaw in it. He ordered the wealth to be brought out and said to the people: "Be patient and fight, for this wealth is yours." Some of the people began to take from that. It was said to him: "The people have inclined to this wealth, and we do not trust them not to go away with it." So he sent to his son ʿAbd Allāh: "March with your companions to the rear of your camp, kill whoever has taken from the wealth, and prevent them." ʿAbd Allāh moved with his banner and his companions, so the people said: "The defeat! The defeat!" Marwān was defeated and they were defeated, and the bridge was cut. Those who drowned that day were more than those who were killed. Among those who drowned that day was Ibrāhīm b. al-Walīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik, the son of the deposed one. They retrieved him among the drowned, and ʿAbd Allāh recited: "And when We parted the sea for you and saved you and drowned the people of Pharaoh while you looked on" [Q 2:50]. It was said: Rather, ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAlī killed him in Syria. In this battle Saʿīd b. Hishām b. ʿAbd al-Malik was killed. It was said: Rather, ʿAbd Allāh killed him in Syria. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAlī remained in his camp for seven days. A man from the descendants of Saʿīd b. al-ʿĀṣ said, reproaching Marwān: Flight clung to Marwān, so I said to him: The oppressor has returned an ostrich; his concern is escape. Where is flight and leaving kingship when ease has gone from you? Neither religion nor lineage remains. A butterfly of forbearance, a Pharaoh of punishment, And if you seek his generosity, a dog is before him, rabid. On that day ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAlī wrote to al-Saffāḥ with the victory, and he obtained Marwān's camp with all that was in it. He found many weapons and wealth, and he found no woman in it except a slave-girl who belonged to ʿAbd Allāh b. Marwān. When the letter came to al-Saffāḥ, he prayed two rakʿahs and ordered for those who witnessed the battle five hundred five hundred dinars, and he raised their stipends to eighty. Marwān's defeat at the Zāb was on Saturday, eleven nights having passed of Jumādā al-Ākhirah. Among those killed with him was Yaḥyā b. Muʿāwiyah b. Hishām b. ʿAbd al-Malik, who was the brother of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, the lord of al-Andalus. When he advanced to fight, ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAlī saw a young man upon whom was the dignity of nobility, fighting seeking death. So he called to him: "O young man, you have safe-conduct, even if you were Marwān b. Muḥammad!" He said: "If I am not him, I am not less than him." He said: "Then you have safe-conduct, whoever you may be." He bowed his head, then said: The humiliation of life and the distress of death, Each I see as a bitter food. If there is nothing but one of the two, Then a march to death, a beautiful march. Then he fought until he was killed, and behold, he was Maslamah b. ʿAbd al-Malik.

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