Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

over them, then later removed him (1).

When the revolt of Ibn al-Ashʿath (2) erupted, ʿAbd Allah fled to Syria out of fear of al-Ḥajjāj.

It is also said that he died in ʿUmān in the year 84 AH.

Abū ʿUbayd said: “He died in the year 83 AH.”

I say: He lived seventy-odd years, coming close to eighty.

He was one of the eminent men of Banū Hāshim, qualified for the caliphate by virtue of his knowledge and nobility.

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Hukaym (3) ibn Jabalah al-ʿAbdī—

The commander, one of the distinguished champions; he was a man of piety and devotion. ʿUthmān appointed him over Sind for a period, after which he settled in Basra. He was among those who rose up during the turmoil that led to ʿUthmān’s assassination.

It is said that he kept fighting on the Day of the Camel until his leg was cut off; he picked it up and struck the man who had severed it, killing him with it, and then continued to fight on one leg while chanting rajaz, saying:

(1) Ibn Saʿd, vol. 5, pp. 25–26. (2) Ibn al-Ashʿath: ʿAbd al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. al-Ashʿath b. Qays al-Kindi. The author states in Duwal al-Islam, 1/57: “In the year 80 AH, al-Hajjaj appointed ʿAbd al-Rahman governor of Sijistan. Once established there, he repudiated al-Hajjaj’s authority and rebelled. A vast number pledged allegiance to him, and he advanced like a raging torrent; whole populations joined him out of hatred for al-Hajjaj’s tyranny. Numerous battles ensued—some say as many as eighty engagements—until al-Hajjaj finally prevailed, captured him in Sijistan in 84 AH, and put him to death.” (3) In the base manuscript the name is vocalised with a damma on the letter ḥ in its diminutive form; Ibn Ḥajar records the same pointing in al-Isaba, 1/379. (*) Al-Muruj al-Dhahab, 3/87; Jumhurat Ansab al-Arab, p. 298; al-Istiʿab, p. 366; Usd al-Ghaba, 2/44; al-Isaba, 1/379.
عَلَيْهِم، ثُمَّ عَزَلَهُ (١) . وَلَمَّا كَانَتْ فِتْنَةُ ابْنِ الأَشْعَثِ (٢) ، هَرَبَ عَبْدُ اللهِ إِلَى الشَّامِ خَوْفاً مِنَ الحَجَّاجِ. وَقِيْلَ: مَاتَ بِعُمَانَ، سَنَةَ أَرْبَعٍ وَثَمَانِيْنَ. وَقَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ: مَاتَ سَنَةَ ثَلاَثٍ وَثَمَانِيْنَ. قُلْتُ: عَاشَ بِضْعاً وَسَبْعِيْنَ سَنَةً، وَقَارَبَ الثَّمَانِيْنَ. وَكَانَ مِنْ سَادَةِ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ، يَصْلُحُ لِلْخِلاَفَةِ لِعِلْمِهِ، وَسُؤْدُدِهِ. ١٣٦ - حُكَيْمُ (٣) بنُ جَبَلَةَ العَبْدِيُّ * الأَمِيْرُ، أَحَدُ الأَشْرَافِ الأَبْطَالِ، كَانَ ذَا دِيْنٍ وَتَأَلُّهٍ. أَمَّرَهُ عُثْمَانُ عَلَى السِّنْدِ مُدَّةً، ثُمَّ نَزَلَ البَصْرَةَ. وَكَانَ أَحَدَ مَنْ ثَارَ فِي فِتْنَةِ عُثْمَانَ. فَقِيْلَ: لَمْ يَزَلْ يُقَاتِلُ يَوْمَ الجَمَلِ حَتَّى قُطِعَتْ رِجْلُهُ، فَأَخَذَهَا، وَضَرَبَ بِهَا الَّذِي قَطَعَهَا، فَقَتَلَهُ بِهَا، وَبَقِي يُقَاتِلُ عَلَى رِجْلٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، وَيَرْتَجِزُ، وَيَقُوْلُ:
(١) ابن سعد ٥ / ٢٥، ٢٦. (٢) ابن الاشعث: هو عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن الاشعث بن قيس الكندي، قال المؤلف في " دول الإسلام " ١ / ٥٧: وفي سنة ثمانين بعث الحجاج على إمرة سجستان عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن الاشعث بن قيس، فسار إليها، فلما استقر بها، خلع الحجاج، وخرج، وبايعه خلق عظيم، وأقبل بهم كالسيل العرم، والتف عليه أمم لبغضهم في الحجاج وعسفه، فجرت بينه وبين الحجاج حروب يطول وصفها، حتى قيل: كان بينهم ثمانون وقعة. وقد تم الغلب للحجاج، وظفر به في سجستان سنة أربع وثماين، وقتله. (٣) ضبط في الأصل بضم الحاء على التصغير، وكذلك ضبطه الحافظ في " الإصابة " ١ / ٣٧٩. (*) مروج الذهب ٣ / ٨٧، جمهرة أنساب العرب: ٢٩٨، الاستيعاب ٣٦٦، أسد الغابة ٢ / ٤٤. الإصابة ١ / ٣٧٩.

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