The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c12.65.6

v1.c12.65.6

Ma‘n ibn Zā’idah on his appointment as governor over Sijistān, wrote “to Ratbīl to bring tribute for which al-Ḥajjāj had stipulated.” On the receipt of this letter Ratbīl is said to have sent some “camels, Turkish tents, and slaves, reckoning each at double its value.” This aroused the anger of the Arab general, and war was resumed; but when Ma‘n came to ar-Rukhkhaj “he found that Ratbīl had withdrawn from that place and had gone to Zābulistān to spend the summer there.” Ar-Rukhkhaj, we are told, fell to the Arabs, and Ma‘n secured some 30,000 slaves; but his success does not appear to have been of any substantial character. Balādhuri tells us that “Sijistān was never completely subjugated,”