and al-Sumaydhaʿ, a man famed for his valor. The one who actually struck down Yazid ibn al-Muhallab was called al-Qaḥl ibn ʿAyyāsh, but he too was killed beside Yazid. Yazid’s head was brought to Maslamah ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, who sent it with Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn ʿUqbah ibn Abi Muʿayṭ to his brother, the Commander of the Faithful, Yazid ibn ʿAbd al-Malik. Maslamah seized everything that had been in Yazid ibn al-Muhallab’s camp and captured about three hundred men. He forwarded them to Kufah and wrote to his brother about them; the reply came ordering their execution. Maslamah then marched on and encamped at al-Hirah.

When word of Yazid ibn al-Muhallab’s rout reached his son Muʿāwiyah in Wāsiṭ, he took roughly thirty prisoners in his custody and killed them—among them ʿAdī ibn Artat, the deputy of the Commander of the Faithful ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz (may Allah have mercy on him), together with his son, Mālik and ʿAbd al-Malik the sons of Mismaʿ, and a number of other nobles. He then proceeded to Basra bringing the state treasuries, accompanied by his uncle al-Mufaḍḍal ibn al-Muhallab. The clan of al-Muhallab gathered in Basra, prepared the ships, equipped themselves fully, and readied themselves to flee. They set out with their families and heavy baggage until they reached the mountains of Kirmān, where they encamped. A band of those who had scattered from Yazid ibn al-Muhallab’s former army joined them, and they placed al-Mufaḍḍal ibn al-Muhallab in command.

Maslamah thereupon dispatched an army in pursuit of the house of al-Muhallab under Hilāl ibn Aḥwaz (1) al-Māzinī—though some say their commander was Mudrik ibn Ḍabb al-Kalbī. He caught up with them in the mountains of Kirmān, and a fierce battle ensued. Many of al-Mufaḍḍal’s men were slain, several of their nobles were captured, and the rest broke in flight. Al-Mufaḍḍal himself was overtaken and killed, and his head was carried to Maslamah ibn ʿAbd al-Malik. A contingent of Yazid ibn al-Muhallab’s supporters then sought and secured safe-conduct from the Syrian commander, among them Mālik ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ashʿath al-Nakhaʿī. They sent on the baggage, treasure, women, and children, all of which reached Maslamah ibn ʿAbd al-Malik together with the heads of al-Mufaḍḍal and ʿAbd al-Malik, the two sons of al-Muhallab. Maslamah forwarded those heads, along with nine adolescent boys, to his brother Yazid, who ordered the boys beheaded. Their heads were displayed in Damascus, then sent to Aleppo and displayed there.

Maslamah ibn ʿAbd al-Malik swore that he would sell the descendants of the house of al-Muhallab as slaves. One of the governors, wishing to discharge that oath, purchased them for one hundred thousand, then set them free and released them, while Maslamah took nothing of that sum.

Poets composed elegies for Yazid ibn al-Muhallab, some of which Ibn Jarir (2) has recorded.

Maslamah’s Governorship over Iraq and Khurasan