Table of Contents

Preface Translator's Foreword Map: Khurasan and Transoxania in the Early Eighth Century The Last Years of 'Abd al-Malik The Events of the Year 81 (cont'd) (700/702) What Led 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. al-Ash'ath to Do What He Did... The Events of the Year 82 (701/702) [Operations at al-Basrah and al-Kufah] The Reason for Ibn al-Ash'ath's Progress to Dayr al-Jamajim and [the Battle] between Him and al-Hajjaj [The Death of al-Mughirah b. al-Muhallab] The Reason for al-Muhallab's Departure from Kish The Cause and Place of the Death [of al-Muhallab] The Events of the Year 83 (702/703) The Cause of [Ibn al-Ash'ath's] Defeat The Cause of the Battle [of Maskin], with a Description of It [The Breakup of Ibn al-Ash'ath's Defeated Army] [A Second Account of the Battle of Maskin] [The Reason Why al-Hajjaj Built Wasit] The Events of the Year 84 (703/704) The Reason Why [Yazid b. al-Muhallab] Conquered [the Fortress of Nizak] The Events of the Year 85 (704/705) What [Ibn al-Ash'ath] Died of and How It Came About The Reason Why al-Hajjaj Dismissed [Yazid b. al-Muhallab] from Khurasan and Appointed al-Mufaddal [Al-Mufaddal's Conquest of Badghis] [Musa b. 'Abdallah's] Going to al-Tirmidh [and His Activities] until He Was Killed There ['Abd al-Malik's Desire to Remove His Brother from the Succession] The Events of the Year 86 (705) [The Death of 'Abd al-Malik] Report on His Age When He Died His Descent and His Teknonym (Kunyah ) His Children and Wives The Caliphate of al-Walid b. 'Abd al-Malik The Events of the Year 86 (cont'd) (705) What Happened to Qutaybah in Khurasan in This Year The Events of the Year 87 (705/706) [The Appointment of 'Umar b. 'Abd al-'Aziz as Governor of Medina] [Qutaybah's Peace Agreement with the People of Badghis] Report of [Qutaybah's] Campaign [against Paykand] The Events of the Year 88 (706/707) [Reconstruction of the Mosque of Medina] [Qutaybah's] Campaign [against Tumushkath and Ramithanah] The Events of the Year 89 (707/708) The Events of the Year 90 (708/709) [Qutaybah's Conquest of Bukhara] [Renewed Peace between Qutaybah and the Soghdians] [Nizak's] Perfidy and Why He Was Vanquished [Qutaybah's Retribution against the People of al-Talaqan] The Reason for [the Muhallabids'] Escape from al-Hajjaj's Prison and Their Going to Sulayman The Events of the Year 91 (709/710) [Qutaybah's Capture and Killing of Nizak] [Qutaybah's Campaign in Transoxania] [Khalid al-Qasri's Strict Governorship of Mecca] [Al-Walid's Visit to Medina] The Events of the Year 92 (710/711) The Events of the Year 93 (711/712) [The Killing of the King of Kham Jird and Renewed Peace with Khwarazm] [Qutaybah's Conquest of Samarqand] [Musa b. Nusayr's Dismissal of Tariq b. Ziyad] Why al-Walid Dismissed ['Umar b. 'Abd al-'Aziz] The Events of the Year 94 (712/713) Qutaybah's Campaign [in al-Shash and Farghanah] ['Uthman b. Hayyan al-Murri's] Governorship The Report of [Sa'id b. Jubayr's] Death The Events of the Year 95 (713/714) The Report of [Qutaybah's] Campaign [in al-Shash] The Events of the Year 96 (714/715) [The Death of al-Walid b. 'Abd al-Malik] Report of Some of What He Did [Al-Walid's Desire to Remove Sulayman from the Succession] [Qutaybah in Kashghar and China] Bibliography of Cited Works Index