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755:, informed Mus'ab of a letter he had received from Abd al-Malik which he had not opened. Ibn al-Ashtar warned Mus'ab that all of the other commanders had likely received such letters and were concealing the information from him. He advised Mus'ab to execute those commanders, but Mus'ab refused and kept them in their posts. Mus'ab feared that executing the commanders would turn their tribesmen against him. Ibn al-Ashtar counter-proposed that Mus'ab detain and hold the treasonous leaders hostage, releasing them on the condition of victory or executing them if defeated. However, Mus'ab believed this to be too complicated and not a priority amid the pending battle. 710:(Circesium), which was strategically located at the crossroads of Syria and Iraq. Unable to dislodge him, Abd al-Malik entered negotiations with Zufar and his son Hudhayl and offered them generous financial and political concessions. They ultimately reconciled with the Umayyads and Hudhayl and the Qays joined the ranks of their army, though Zufar, out of deference to his previous oath of allegiance to Ibn al-Zubayr, refused to personally participate in the anti-Zubayrid campaign. Afterward, Abd al-Malik marched on Nisibis and gained the surrender of the 2,000-strong Khashabiyya, who joined the Umayyad army after the caliph's amnesty. 204: 676: 211: 734:) near Maskin to defend his position from the Umayyad army. In a testament to its durability, it was still in existence as late as the mid-9th century when it was called "Khirbat (Ruins) of Mus'ab" after the Zubayrid governor. At the time of the battle, Mus'ab's most skilled Basran forces were bogged down with Muhallab, who had been reassigned in 689 to the campaign against the 659:, a Kufan noble seeking revenge against Mus'ab for the killing of his brother during the suppression of Mukhtar's revolt. They did not arrive quick enough and the pro-Zubayrids gained the battlefield advantage, which led to negotiations for a ceasefire. Khalid was ultimately allowed to leave for Damascus, while Ibn Misma, wounded, fled south into the 780:. After Mus'ab's other commanders refused to fight, Abd al-Malik offered to spare Mus'ab's life and grant him the governorship of Iraq or any other province of his choice, but again he refused. Instead, he counseled his adolescent son Isa and his men to seek safety in Mecca, but Isa entered the field instead and was killed. 775:
Wellhausen wrote that Mus'ab "was left almost alone on the field of battle, which strange situation itself makes the battle famous". Before Ibn al-Ashtar's charge, Abd al-Malik attempted to negotiate with Mus'ab, but the latter refused and "decided to die like a brave man", according to the historian
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threatening Basra. As a result, most of Mus'ab's Basran troops did not accompany him, while among those who did were many from the Rabi'a faction who were resentful of his suppression of their kinsmen in the year prior. The bulk of Mus'ab's troops in Bajumayra consisted of the Arab tribesmen of Kufa,
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The armies of Abd al-Malik and Mus'ab met at Dayr al-Jathaliq in the middle of October. Ibn al-Ashtar and his men charged against Muhammad's vanguard, forcing them to withdraw. Abd al-Malik then ordered Abdallah and his right wing to enter the battlefield, where together with Muhammad's troops they
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In the summer of 690, Abd al-Malik and Mus'ab once again encamped at Butnan Habib and Bajumayra, respectively. Mus'ab held his position until the winter when both he and Abd al-Malik withdrew to their headquarters in Basra and Damascus. Abd al-Malik was advised by his Syrian generals to desist from
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During the standoff, Abd al-Malik reached out to his tribal sympathizers in Basra and promised them financial rewards if they took up his cause against the Zubayrids. He received favorable responses by a number of the tribal nobles, including the head of the
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closed in on Mus'ab's men. Ibn al-Ashtar was slain, as was the commander of Mus'ab's right wing, Muslim ibn Amr al-Bahili. The latter had succumbed to his wounds, but before dying he managed to obtain from Abd al-Malik a guarantee of safety for his son
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While encamped at Maskin, Abd al-Malik took advantage of the internal divisions within Mus'ab's army by reaching out to the tribal leaders in Mus'ab's camp. In his correspondences, he offered many of the tribal leaders control of the
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who declared Mus'ab's death to be vengeance for his fellow tribesman Mukhtar. Afterward, Ibn Zabyan decapitated Mus'ab's body. Abd al-Malik mourned Mus'ab and "ordered his poets to commemorate his heroic end", according to Lammens.
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After the battle, Abd al-Malik entered Kufa and received the allegiance of its tribal nobility. He assigned governors for Iraq and its dependencies. He then headed south for Nukhayla, a suburb of Kufa, from which he dispatched
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to enter Basra. In another version of this episode, it was Khalid who originally proposed that Abd al-Malik send him on the mission to Basra. In any case, Khalid ultimately found support from the Bakr under Ibn Misma and the
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with 2,000 Syrian troops to subdue Ibn al-Zubayr in the Hejaz. With the loss of Iraq, Ibn al-Zubayr had become isolated in his Mecca stronghold. After a series of skirmishes near the city, al-Hajjaj
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as caliph. The latter came from a different branch of the Umayyad clan that had been expelled from Medina. Afterward, the reinvigorated Umayyads defeated the pro-Zubayrid
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In September or October 691, Abd al-Malik, at the head of his Syrian army, set up camp at Maskin. Command of the army was held by members of his family; his brother
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further attempts against what they deemed the unwieldy province of Iraq. The caliph did not heed this counsel and proceeded again toward Iraq in 691.
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When the battle started, most of Mus'ab's troops refused to fight, having secretly switched allegiance to Abd al-Malik, and Mus'ab's main commander,
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The clashes lasted between twenty-four and forty days, during which Mus'ab, still encamped at Bajumayra, dispatched 1,000 cavalrymen under
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at a place called al-Jufra in the vicinity of Basra, hence the collective name "al-Jufriyya" by which Khalid's supporters became known.
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respectively commanded the left and right wings. Mus'ab encamped at Bajumayra. He had dug and fortified a deep trench (
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Mukhtar was defeated and killed by Mus'ab in 687 after the tribal nobility of Kufa defected to the Zubayrids in
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Mus'ab then made a charge, but was wounded by an arrow and dislodged from his horse. He was slain by a certain
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near Damascus in 684 and took over Egypt by March 685. Marwan died that year and was succeeded by his son
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many of whom bore grudges against Mus'ab for his executions of Mukhtar's Kufan partisans in 687.
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Battle of the Second Fitna (680s-690s). It was fought in mid-October 691 near present-day Baghdad
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During much of the summer, Abd al-Malik besieged and attacked the pro-Zubayrid Qaysi leader
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province or other rewards in return for their defection. One of Mus'ab's loyal commanders,
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Dayr al-Jathaliq in Maskin district, 50–55 kilometers (31–34 mi) north of present-day
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monastery located in the vicinity of Maskin. The latter was situated west of the
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in August 686 by the forces of a third rival claimant to the caliphate, the pro-
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to reinforce his supporters. Abd al-Malik also sent reinforcements led by
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In 689, Abd al-Malik marched toward Iraq and by the summer he encamped at
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The battle took place near Dayr al-Jathaliq (Monastery of
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For the battle during the revolt of Ibn al-Ash'ath, see
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and 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) south of the village of
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Index

Battle of Maskin (701)
Second Fitna
Baghdad
33°49′24″N 44°14′24″E / 33.82333°N 44.24000°E / 33.82333; 44.24000
Umayyad
Zubayrid Caliphate
Abd al-Malik
Muhammad ibn Marwan
Khalid ibn Yazid
Abd Allah ibn Yazid
Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr

Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar

Muslim ibn Amr al-Bahili

Battle of Maskin is located in Iraq
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Second Fitna
Alid
Karbala
Ayn al-Warda
al-Mukhtar
Khazir
Madhar & Harura
Ibn al-Zubayr's Revolt
Al-Harra

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