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The Battle of Jalûlâʾ
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Hâshim ibn-ʿUtbah left Jarîr ibn-ʿAbdallâh in Jalûlâʾ with a heavy force of cavalry to act as a check between the Moslems and their enemy. Yazdajird thereupon left Ḥulwân.

Mahrûdh. The Moslems carried on many raids in the regions of as-Sawâd on the east bank of the Tigris. Coming to Mahrûdh,[1] Hâshim made terms with its dihḳân, stipulating that the latter should pay a jarîb of dirhams [?] and the former should not kill any of the men.

Ad-Daskarah. On a charge of treachery, against the Moslems, Hâshim put the dihḳân of ad-Daskarah[2] to death.

Al-Bandanijain. Hâshim then proceeded to al-Bandanijain,[3] whose inhabitants sued for peace, agreeing to pay tax and kharâj. Consequently, Hâshim promised them security.

Khâniḳîn. At Khâniḳîn there was a small remnant of the Persians against whom Jarîr ibn-ʿAbdallâh now marched and whom he put to death. Thus was no region of the Sawâd Dijlah left unconquered by the Moslems or unpossessed by them.

According to Hishâm ibn-al-Kalbi, the leader of the army in the battle of Jalûlâʾ in behalf of Saʿd was ʿAmr ibn-ʿUtbah ibn-Naufal ibn-Uhaib ibn-ʿAbd-Manâf ibn-Zuhrah whose mother was ʿÂtikah, daughter of abu-Waḳḳâṣ.

After the battle of Jalûlâʾ, Saʿd left for al-Madâʾin where he gathered a host of men, and then kept on his way to the region of al-Ḥîrah.

The battle of Jalûlâʾ took place at the close of the year 16.

The converts. Those who embraced Islâm were among others, Buṣbuhra—the dihḳân of al-Falâlij and an-Nahrain,

  1. Yâḳût, vol. iv, p. 700.
  2. Ibid., vol. ii, p. 575; Nöldeke, Perser, p. 295, n. 1.
  3. Persian: Bandanîkân; Yâḳût, vol. i, p. 745.