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Because of his services to the establishment of the Umayyad caliphate, al-Hajjaj was appointed by 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan as the agent of Mecca and later that of [[Medina]], Ta'if, and then [[Yemen]] and [[Yamama]]. | Because of his services to the establishment of the Umayyad caliphate, al-Hajjaj was appointed by 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan as the agent of Mecca and later that of [[Medina]], Ta'if, and then [[Yemen]] and [[Yamama]]. | ||
In his first step, al-Hajjaj cleaned the effects of the battle in Masjid al-Haram. Early in [[74]]/693, he went to Medina, and after one or two months of stay there, returned to Mecca, and reconstructed the [[Ka'ba]] at the command of the caliph. During his sojourn in Medina, he maltreated people of Medina, and particularly the [[Sahaba]] of [[the Prophet (s)]]. | In his first step, al-Hajjaj cleaned the effects of the battle in Masjid al-Haram. Early in [[74]]/693-4, he went to Medina, and after one or two months of stay there, returned to Mecca, and reconstructed the [[Ka'ba]] at the command of the caliph. During his sojourn in Medina, he maltreated people of Medina, and particularly the [[Sahaba]] of [[the Prophet (s)]]. | ||
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. | ||