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 When 'Abd al-Malik's backup forces arrived, al-Hajjaj went to Basra and fought with Ibn Ash'ath. In the first battle, al-Hajjaj was victorious, but in the second battle, which occurred on [[Dhu l-Hajja 10]], [[81]]/January 29, 701, he was defeated and had to retreat to Basra. After this, ibn Ash'ath went to Zawiya, near Basra, to fight with al-Hajjaj, but after the first victory, he was defeated in [[Muharram]] [[82]]/February 701. After a fierce battle with [['Abd al-Rahman b. 'Abbas al-Hashimi]], al-Hajjaj took Basra back, and gave an amnesty to its people.
-When al-Hajjaj learned that ibn Ash'ath's 200,000-member army were 7 [[farshakh]]s away north of Kufa, he launched a battle against them, and after 100 days and 80 battles lasting from [[Rabi' I 1]] to [[Jumada II 14]], [[82]]/April 19 to July 30, 701), he defeated ibn Ash'ath and decapitated most prisoners.
+When al-Hajjaj learned that ibn Ash'ath's 200,000-member army were 7 [[Farsakh]]s away north of Kufa, he launched a battle against them, and after 100 days and 80 battles lasting from [[Rabi' I 1]] to [[Jumada II 14]], [[82]]/April 19 to July 30, 701), he defeated ibn Ash'ath and decapitated most prisoners.
 In [[Sha'ban]] [[83]]/September 702, al-Hajjaj defeated ibn Ash'ath's army once again. This time ibn Ash'ath escaped to [[Sistan]]. After a compromise with the ruler of Sistan, al-Hajjaj made an agreement with him to extradite ibn Ash'ath to Iraq. He did so, but ibn Ash'ath killed himself on his way to Iraq.