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 SUBJUGATION OF THE FRONTIER 5 put them to flight, and subdued the country; but many Mussulmans also perished. Ziyad next appointed al-Manzar ibn al-Jarud-al- Abdi to the frontiers of India. He was known by the name of Abu-l-Ash'as. He attacked and conquered Nukan and Kikan. The Mussulmans obtained great plunder, and their forces spread over all the country. He captured Kusdar, which Sinan had already taken, but which had again revolted, and took prisoners there. Abu-1-Ash'as died in Kusdar, and after that the gov- ernor, Ubaid- Allah ibn Ziyad, appointed Ibn Harri al- Bahali. God, by his hands, subdued these countries, for he waged cruel war in them and conquered and plundered them. The people of Nukan are now Mohammedans. Am- ran ibn Musa ibn Yahya, son of Khalid the Barmacide, built a city there in the caliphate of Mu'tasim bi- Allah which he called al-Baiza (the white). When al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf was governor of Irak, Sa'id ibn Aslam was appointed to Mekran and its frontiers. He was opposed and slain there by Mu'awiya and Mohammad, sons of al-Haras al-Alafi. Hajjaj then appointed Mujja* ibn Si'r at-Tamimi to the frontier. He made war upon, plundered, and defeated the tribes about Kandabil, and this conquest was subsequently completed by Moham- mad ibn Kasim. Mujja* died in Mekran after being there a year. After the death of Mujja', Hajjaj appointed as his successor Mohammad ibn Harun ibn Zara* al-Namari. Under the government of Mohammad, the king of the