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Al-Hajjaj went to Syria together with a group of senior people in Hijaz, and visited the Umayyad caliph. | Al-Hajjaj went to Syria together with a group of senior people in Hijaz, and visited the Umayyad caliph. | ||
==Rule of Iraq== | ===Rule of Iraq=== | ||
When al-Hajjaj ruled Hijaz for two (or three) years, 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan removed him from the position and, in [[Rajab]] or [[Ramadan]], 75 | When al-Hajjaj ruled [[Hijaz]] for two (or three) years, 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan removed him from the position and, in [[Rajab]] or [[Ramadan]], [[75]]/November, 694 or January 695), appointed him as the ruler of [[Iraq]] and gave him full authority. Thus [[Imam 'Ali (a)]]'s well-known prediction (in an oration addressed to people of [[Kufa]]) of a cruel man from the [[Thaqif tribe]] dominating Iraq was realized. | ||
When he was appointed as the ruler of Iraq, he hasted to arrive there. He arrived in Kufa with only 12 cavalries. On Friday, he went to the mosque with a covered face, and in a well-known oration, he threatened people who had escaped the army of [[Muhallab b. Abi Sufra]]—the commander of [[Bushr b. Marwan]]'s army—to fight with | When he was appointed as the ruler of Iraq, he hasted to arrive there. He arrived in Kufa with only 12 cavalries. On Friday, he went to the mosque with a covered face, and in a well-known oration, he threatened people who had escaped the army of [[Muhallab b. Abi Sufra]]—the commander of [[Bushr b. Marwan]]'s army—to fight with [[Haruriyya Khawarij]] that he would kill them unless they join him within three days. After dominating Kufa, al-Hajjaj went to [[Basra]] and delivered a threatening speech, like his speech in Kufa, and he then went to Rustaqubadh to reinforce Muhallab in his fight with Khawarij. | ||
==Battle with Ibn Jarud== | ==Battle with Ibn Jarud== | ||