In that same year al-Saffāḥ dispatched Mūsā ibn Kaʿb against Manṣūr ibn Jumhūr, who was then in India with twelve thousand men. Mūsā ibn Kaʿb met him with three thousand, routed him, and plundered his camp.

That year also saw the death of the governor of Yemen, Muḥammad ibn Yazīd ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Dār, whereupon al-Saffāḥ appointed his own uncle in his place—who was likewise the caliph’s maternal uncle.

In the same year al-Saffāḥ moved from al-Ḥīrah to al-Anbār. ʿĪsā ibn Mūsā, the deputy of Kūfah, led the people on the pilgrimage, and the provincial deputies remained unchanged.

[Among the notable figures who died in that year]
Abū Hārūn al-ʿAndī;
ʿUmārah ibn Juwayn;
and Yazīd ibn Jābir al-Dimashqī. And Allah knows best.

[Then the year 135 AH began]

In it Ziyād ibn Ṣāliḥ crossed the River of Balkh and rebelled against Abū Muslim. Allah granted him victory over them; he dispersed their forces, annihilated their power, and secured authority in those regions. During that year Sulaymān ibn ʿAlī, the deputy of Basra, led the pilgrimage, and the deputies were the same as previously mentioned.

Among the eminent figures who died that year were:
Yazīd ibn Sinān;
Abū ʿAqīl Zahrat ibn Maʿbad; and
ʿAṭāʾ al-Khurasānī.

[Then the year 136 AH began]

That year Abū Muslim traveled from Khurasan to al-Saffāḥ in Iraq, having first sought the caliph’s permission. The caliph wrote instructing him to come with five hundred troops. Abū Muslim replied, “I have left people nursing grievances, and I fear that five hundred will be too few.” The caliph therefore ordered him to come with one thousand, yet he set out with eight thousand. He dispersed most of them en route and brought with him a vast amount of money, valuables, and gifts. By the time he arrived, only one thousand soldiers remained with him, and the commanders and leaders rode out a long distance to receive him.