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al-H.
akamreceivedmaterialassistancefromtwoofhis
generals;
oneofferedfunds,theother
provided
armsforallthemawlasof
BanffUmayya(onthecondition
thatMarwfincollected
them),
s
This second offer
indicates thatthe
Umayyads’
own mawlas
foughtonly
in
emergencies,
andnotin
standing
armies.Alsoat
al-H.
arra,oneofMarwfin’smawlaswaskilledin
battle,
sl
Ayear
later,at
Marj
Rfi.hit.,Ziyfid
b.Abihi’ssoncAbbfidled
2,000
sol-
diers,mawlas
andothers,
s2
Thesourcesdonotstateonwhose
sidehe
fought,
butsincehisbrother
cUbaydfought
withthe
Umayyads,
s3
perhaps
Abbfiddidaswell.
Toward the end of his rebellion, Ibn
az-Zubayr
faced
Umayyad troops
commanded
by
the mawlas of
preceding
caliphs;
oneofCUthmfinb.Afffin’smawlasled5,000
troops,
beatIbn
az-Zubayr’s
forcesattheBattleofShabakain72/691,
andwentonto
capture
Medina;amawlaof
Muefiwiya’s
inthe
Umayyad
forces
against
Meccawaskilled
by
Ibn
az-Zubayr,
s4
Significantly,
mawlas
fighting
forthe
Umayyads
wereinvolved
in
killing
Ibn
az-Zubayr’s principal
commanders, hisbrother
Mus.Cab
andthe
general
Ibrhimb.
al-Ashtar,inadditiontoIbn
az-Zubayr
himself,
s5
Recalling
the
report
that
a
mawla killed
al-Mukhtfir,
thismeansthatalltherebelleaders
may
havebeen
killed
by
mawlas.Somuchfortheideathatmawlas
onlysup-
ported rebels! Rather, they seem tohave foughtwith their
patrons regardless
of
the cause, but with some noteworthy
exceptions.
3.
Against
other rebels, Mawlas also more often
fought
against
the
Khfiriji
forcesthanforthem.
A1-Hajjfij
sentatleast
six
mawla generals
into
the
field
against
them
commanding
thousandsof
soldiers,many
ofthem
separatecorps
of
mawlas,
s
Anindividualmawlaalso
fought
the
Khfirijis.
a7
Ofsix
Umayyad
80.AA,5:138.
81.Khalifa,
p.
294.
82.AA,5:136.
83.IbnBadrfn,
pp.
181-83.
84.eUthmSn’s:AA,5:356;Khalifa,p.
341;T,
2:830.Muewiya’s:
A,’t,5:363.
85.
Mus.eab:
AA,5:341;MDh,3:114.Ibrhimb.al-Ashtar:AA,5:338.Ibnaz-
Zubayr:
al-Kindi,
p.
51.
86.T,2:919 A.4,11:282-83;Khalifa,pp.354-56.
87.Khalifa,p.
352.