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Qadisiyyah; nor do they know that the Muslims conquered Cyprus, or that they marched on Constantinople twice—once in the time of Muʿawiyah and once in the Marwanid era.
Likewise with the civil wars that flared up among the Muslims. Indeed, most ordinary people have never even heard of Abu Muslim, the champion of the daʿwah, or of ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAli ibn
الْقَادِسِيَّةِ، وَلَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَتَحُوا قُبْرُصَ، وَلَا غَزَوُا الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةَ مَرَّتَيْنِ، مَرَّةً فِي زَمَنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَمَرَّةً فِي زَمَنِ بَنِي مَرْوَانَ.
وَكَذَلِكَ الْفِتَنُ الَّتِي كَانَتْ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ. لَا بَلْ أَكْثَرُ الْعَامَّةِ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا بِأَبِي مُسْلِمٍ صَاحِبِ الدَّعْوَةِ، وَبِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ