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: