In this year al-Ḥārith ibn Surayj—who had previously sought refuge among the Turks and aided them against the Muslims—re-emerged. Allah, in His bounty, guided him aright and enabled him to set out for Syria in response to Yazīd ibn al-Walīd’s appeal that he return to Islam and its people. He accepted the call and went on to Khurāsān, where its governor, Naṣr ibn Sayyār, honoured him. The Muslims rejoiced at his arrival and flocked to congratulate him, but before long a fierce dispute (1) broke out between him and Naṣr ibn Sayyār. Al-Ḥārith ibn Surayj nevertheless persisted in summoning the people to the Book and the Sunnah and to obedience to the imām, while still harboring some hostility toward Naṣr ibn Sayyār.

Al-Wāqidī and Abū Maʿshar (2) report: In this same year the pilgrimage was led by ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, governor of the Ḥijāz, Mecca, Medina, and al-Ṭāʾif. The governor of Iraq was al-Naḍr ibn Saʿīd al-Ḥarashī, against whom al-Ḍaḥḥāk al-Ḥarūrī and ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz had risen. The governor of Khurāsān was Naṣr ibn Sayyār, and he in turn faced the rebellions of al-Kirmānī and al-Ḥārith ibn Surayj.

Among those who died this year were:
Bukayr ibn al-Ashajj (3),
Saʿd ibn Ibrāhīm,
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Dīnār,
ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Mālik al-Jazarī,
ʿUmayr ibn Hāniʾ,
Mālik ibn Dīnār,
Wahb ibn Kaysān,
and Abū Isḥāq al-Sabīʿī.