Tariq.(1) They killed the kings of those territories; one of them had his nose cut off and was driven into exile.(2)

In that same year ʿAbd al-Malik dismissed Umayyah ibn ʿAbd Allah from the governorship of Khurasan and added it, together with Sijistan, to the authority of al-Ḥajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi. Once al-Ḥajjaj had finished with the affair of Shabib, he rode from Kufah to Basra, leaving al-Mughīrah ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿĀmir al-Ḥaḍramī(3) as his deputy over Kufah. Al-Muhallab then came to al-Ḥajjaj—who was in Basra and had likewise completed the business of the Azariqah. Al-Ḥajjaj seated him beside himself on the dais and summoned the soldiers who had borne the brunt of the fighting; anyone whom al-Muhallab praised received from al-Ḥajjaj an abundant reward.(4)

Al-Ḥajjaj next appointed al-Muhallab governor of Sijistan and ʿAbd Allah ibn Abi Bakrah governor of Khurasan, but before they left his presence he exchanged the two commands. Some said this was at al-Muhallab’s own suggestion; others maintained that he enlisted the help of the chief of police, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUbayd ibn Ṭāriq al-ʿAbshamī, who proposed the switch to al-Ḥajjaj and so was heeded. Al-Ḥajjaj also imposed a fine of one million dirhams on al-Muhallab because he had objected in the matter.

Abu Maʿshar said: The pilgrimage that year was led by al-Walid ibn ʿAbd al-Malik.

The governor of Madinah was Aban ibn ʿUthman. The governor over Iraq, Khurasan, Sijistan and all those regions was al-Ḥajjaj ibn Yusuf; his deputy in Khurasan was al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufrah, and his deputy in Sijistan was ʿAbd Allah ibn Abi Bakrah al-Thaqafi.

The qadi of Kufah was Shurayh, and the qadi of Basra was Musa ibn Anas ibn Malik al-Ansari.

Among the notable figures who died this year was Jabir ibn ʿAbd Allah (5) ibn ʿAmr ibn Haram, Abu ʿAbd Allah al-Ansari (6) al-Sulami, a Companion of the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him.