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son_n of_o abusafia_n over_o mausil_n mesopotamia_n aderbigiana_n and_o armenia_n an._n 68_o the_o azrakaean_n come_v out_o of_o persia_n into_o irac_n a_o charisaean_a charisaeans_n nation_n enter_v medaijn_n take_v ahwaz_n and_o the_o country_n subject_a to_o it_o but_o masab_n send_v mahleb_n which_o slay_v many_o of_o they_o and_o after_o that_o omar_n which_o fight_v with_o they_o at_o naisabur_n and_o overthrow_v they_o and_o they_o go_v back_o to_o isfahan_n and_o to_o carmania_n whence_o with_o increase_v force_n they_o return_v but_o be_v force_v back_o by_o omar_n have_v before_o slay_v the_o woman_n and_o child_n persian_a anno_fw-la 69._o abdulmelic_n son_n of_o merwan_n go_v from_o damascus_n to_o make_v war_n upon_o abdalla_n son_n of_o zubeir_n and_o substitute_v omar_n son_n of_o saad_n at_o damascus_n in_o his_o place_n which_o present_o rebel_v and_o fortify_v himself_o whereupon_o abdulmelic_n return_v and_o besiege_v damascus_n omar_n send_v to_o he_o and_o obtain_v security_n but_o when_o he_o come_v to_o he_o he_o slay_v he_o secure_a and_o quiet_v his_o partaker_n with_o distribution_n of_o money_n anno_fw-la 71._o masab_n be_v slay_v by_o abdulmelic_n in_o battle_n and_o he_o enter_v cufa_n and_o his_o empire_n be_v establish_v in_o irac_n syria_n and_o egypt_n only_a higiaz_n remain_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o abdalla_n son_n of_o zubeir_n who_o hagiagi_n son_n of_o joseph_n soon_o after_o besiege_v and_o slay_v at_o mecca_n which_o he_o also_o take_v after_o seven_o month_n siege_n and_o batter_a caab_n the_o fortification_n of_o abdalla_n with_o engine_n take_v and_o throw_v into_o it_o ball_n of_o pitch_n and_o fire_n to_o destroy_v the_o house_n when_o abdalla_n fear_v the_o house_n or_o temple_n lest_o it_o shall_v fall_v he_o enter_v his_o own_o house_n his_o mother_n encourage_v he_o to_o go_v forth_o if_o he_o die_v he_o shall_v die_v a_o martyr_n he_o answer_v o_o mother_n i_o fear_v not_o death_n but_o dismember_n a_o sheep_n say_v she_o when_o she_o be_v kill_v feel_v not_o the_o flay_n he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v drink_v a_o pound_n of_o musk_n and_o then_o go_v forth_o to_o be_v slay_v and_o his_o head_n fasten_v on_o the_o gate_n and_o his_o crucify_a body_n smell_v of_o musk_n many_o day_n the_o same_o year_n abdulmelic_n make_v his_o brother_n muhammed_n son_n of_o merwan_n governor_n of_o aderbigiana_n mesopotamia_n and_o armenia_n drunke_v who_o send_v a_o hundred_o thousand_o against_o the_o harari_n which_o be_v all_o slay_v muhammed_n much_o move_v go_v with_o forty_o thousand_o and_o overthrow_v the_o harari_n and_o burn_v they_o in_o their_o temple_n he_o send_v also_o muslima_n to_o the_o gate_n of_o gate_n portoe_n where_o he_o besiege_v eighty_o thousand_o harari_n of_o who_o he_o slay_v many_o and_o the_o rest_n believe_v the_o azrakean_n do_v and_o suffer_v much_o harm_n and_o change_v anno._n 74._o hagiagi_n be_v make_v governor_n of_o medina_n who_o go_v to_o mecca_n and_o destroy_v all_o the_o fortification_n of_o caab_n and_o anno_fw-la 75._o be_v set_v over_o irac_n he_o come_v to_o cufa_n and_o send_v help_v to_o mahleb_n against_o the_o azrakean_n and_o chase_v they_o anno_fw-la 76._o salih_o son_n of_o margi_n and_o siabib_n charisaeans_n conspire_v salih_o be_v call_v emperor_n of_o the_o faithful_a by_o his_o follower_n they_o spoil_v mesopotamia_n and_o increase_v in_o power_n 695._o and_o often_o overthrow_v the_o army_n of_o hagiagi_n have_v but_o small_a force_n with_o a_o thousand_o he_o go_v to_o cufa_n and_o overthrow_v hagiagi_n which_o come_v against_o he_o with_o fifty_o thousand_o and_o have_v the_o spoil_n of_o his_o tent_n but_o in_o a_o sea_n fight_v sahib_n ship_n sink_v and_o he_o say_v when_o god_n dispose_v any_o thing_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v and_o rise_v again_o out_o of_o the_o water_n he_o say_v this_o be_v the_o power_n of_o the_o strong_a and_o wise_a god_n he_o be_v draw_v out_o with_o net_n and_o his_o head_n send_v to_o hagiagi_n his_o heart_n they_o cut_v in_o sunder_o and_o find_v it_o hard_a and_o compact_v like_o a_o stone_n heart_n mahleb_n go_v against_o the_o azrakaean_n which_o withstand_v catris_n their_o governor_n and_o slay_v many_o of_o they_o catris_n flee_v to_o tabristan_n who_o king_n be_v ashid_n a_o magus_n that_o be_v of_o the_o old_a persian_a religion_n and_o obtain_v leave_v to_o enter_v his_o country_n which_o have_v obtain_v and_o settle_v his_o affair_n he_o send_v to_o ashid_n demand_v that_o either_o he_o will_v embrace_v islamisme_n or_o pay_v tribute_n which_o he_o refuse_v whereupon_o he_o make_v war_n on_o he_o and_o chase_v ashid_n to_o raija_n who_o get_v help_v of_o the_o muslims_n and_o catris_n be_v slay_v coin_n the_o same_o year_n coin_n of_o gold_n and_o stater_n be_v stamp_v with_o arabic_a letter_n for_o before_o the_o letter_n be_v roman_a and_o the_o stater_n also_o persian_a the_o inscription_n be_v god_n be_v the_o lord_n anno_fw-la 81._o muhammed_n son_n of_o hanifa_n of_o happy_a memory_n die_v but_o many_o of_o the_o vulgar_a believe_v that_o he_o still_o live_v in_o the_o mount_n radwa_n name_n and_o will_v one_o day_n appear_v and_o fill_v the_o earth_n with_o justice_n as_o it_o be_v now_o fill_v with_o iniquity_n of_o this_o sect_n be_v d._n hamiraeus_n which_o after_o meet_v with_o a_o true_a man_n who_o instruct_v he_o of_o the_o vanity_n thereof_o anno_fw-la 82._o hagiagi_n have_v send_v abdurrahman_n son_n of_o muhammed_n against_o zentil_n king_n of_o turk_n with_o a_o small_a power_n secret_o animate_v the_o turk_n against_o he_o purpose_v to_o destroy_v he_o which_o he_o reveal_v to_o his_o follower_n who_o thereupon_o depose_v hagiagi_n and_o swear_v to_o he_o he_o compound_v with_o the_o turk_n and_o return_v to_o war_n on_o hagiagi_n he_o obtain_v aid_n of_o ahdulmelic_n out_o of_o syria_n basra_n and_o cufa_n swear_v to_o