Al-Thaqafī—that is, al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf—was governing Mecca, Yemen, and al-Yamāmah, while, according to al-Wāqidī, Bishr ibn Marwān held both Kūfa and Basra. In another report, Bishr was over Kūfa and Khālid ibn ʿAbd Allah (1) over Basra. The chief judge of Kūfa was Shurayḥ ibn al-Ḥārith, and that of Basra was Hishām ibn Hubayrah. The governorship of Khurāsān lay with Bukayr ibn Wishāḥ—the man who had served as deputy to ʿAbd Allah ibn Khāzim; Allah knows best.

[Among the notable figures who died in this same year, apart from those already mentioned alongside Ibn al-Zubayr, were:]

ʿAbd Allah ibn Saʿd ibn Jutham al-Ansārī (2), a Companion who fought at Yarmuk and was devoted to worship and jihad;

ʿAbd Allah ibn Abī Ḥadrad al-Aslamī (3), Abū Muḥammad, a Companion and narrator who passed away in Madinah;

Mālik ibn Mismaʿ ibn Ghassān al-Baṣrī (4), renowned for his tireless worship and asceticism;

Thābit ibn al-Ḍaḥḥāk al-Ansārī (5), a Companion and narrator who died in Madinah. He was also known as Abū Zayd al-Ashmālī (6) and was one of those who pledged allegiance beneath the Tree.

Yahya ibn Abī Kathīr said: “Abū Qilābah informed me that Thābit ibn al-Ḍaḥḥāk told him he had pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ beneath the Tree, and that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Whoever accuses a believer of disbelief is as though he has killed him.’ (7)”

Zaynab bint Abī Salamah al-Makhzūmī (8), the Prophet’s ﷺ step-daughter; her mother gave birth to her in Abyssinia. She too transmitted hadith and enjoyed the honor of Companionship.