[165] Hārith ibn Surayj mentioned above was still with the Turks, and when Nasr ibn Sayyār reported his victory to the governor of `Irāk the latter ordered him to capture Hārith, subdue Farghāna, and destroy the town of Shāsh.
[166] By the promulgation of a general amnesty the Soghdians were brought back to their allegiance.
[167] Their names were Welīd II., Yezīd II., Ibrāhīm, and Merwān II.
[168] His father, Mohammed, had died in A.H. 124.
[169] An amusing incident is given in this connection by Tabari. Kirmānī was very stout, and the passage by which he had to escape was so narrow that his servant was obliged to drag him through by main force, and the operation very nearly killed him.
[170] See note 1, p. 82.
[171] For a full account of the story of El-Kirmānī and Hārith ibn Surayj, see Tabari, Annales, Series II. pp. 1855–69, 1887–90, and 1917–35.
[172] The following table will explain the descent of the two branches:—
Kossay
|
`Abd Menāf
|
+------+--------------+
| |
`Abd Shems Hāshim
| |
Umayya `Abd al-Muttalib
|
+--------------+----+------------+
| | |
Abū Tālib `Abdullah `Abbās
| |
`Alī Mohammed
[173] Zotenberg, op. cit. vol. iv. p. 323 et seq.