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 Rabîʿah ibn-ʿÂmir ibn-Ṣaʿṣaʿah, Dhufâfah and Khâlid—the two sons of ʿUmair ibn-al-Ḥubâb as-Sulami—al-Furât ibn-Salmân al-Bâhili, and al-Walîd ibn-al-Ḳaʿkâʿ al-ʿAbsi. Saʿîd engaged in conflict with al-Khazar who were at this time besieging Warthân, and forced them to withdraw, putting them to flight. Al-Khazar came to Maimadh in Adharbaijân; and as Saʿîd was preparing for the conflict with them, he received a message from Maslamah ibn-ʿAbd-al-Malik blaming him for attacking al-Khazar before his [Maslamah's] arrival, and informing him that he had assigned in his place over the army ʿAbd-al-Malik ibn-Muslim al-ʿUḳaili. As soon as Saʿîd turned over the army to his successor, he was arrested by Maslamah's messenger who fettered him and carried him to Bardhaʿah where he was thrown into its prison. Al-Khazar left and Maslamah followed them. When Maslamah communicated the news to Hishâm, Hishâm wrote back:

Thereupon Hishâm ordered that al-Jurashi be released from prison.

Maslamah made peace with the people of Khaizân, and by his order, its fort was dismantled. He appropriated in it estates for himself. It is known to-day by the name of Ḥauz Khaizân. The kings of al-Jibal also made peace with him. The Shâhs of Sharwân, Lirân, Ṭabarsarân, Fîlân and Jarshân presented themselves before him; and so did the chief of Masḳaṭ Maslamah, thereupon, betook himself to the city of al-Bâb, which he reduced. In its castle were a thousand families of al-Khazar whom he besieged and against whom he hurled stones and then pieces of iron shaped like stones. All that, however, was of no avail. He, therefore, resorted to the spring, the water of which