122 Origins
soldierswhoclaimedtohavekilledthe
Khriji
leader
Qatri
b.
al-FujCa
in
77/696,twowere
mawlas,
ss
AttheBattleofDayr
Jamajim,al-Hajjaj’s
slavesandmawlas
helped
tosecure
acrucial
roadhead;atthe
sametime,al-Hajjjhadghul{zmsimpersonate
him.
s9
During
cAbdal-Malik’s
reign,
his
sonal-Walidledthe
Caliph’s
mawlasona
militaryexpeditionagainst
Amrb.Said’s
brother
Yah.yfi.
9
TheSecondConquests
This
long
middle
period
oftheArabianerasawthe Muslims
once
again
on
theoffensiveagainstnon-Muslims.Unlikeinthe
first
conquests,
whenunfreesoldiers
played
almostno
role,
in
the second wave
they participated
often and in substantial
numbers.
WithRebels.
In
77/695the
Azfiriqasectofthe
Khfirijissplit
when
8,000
mawlasleftthemain
body
undertheirown
leader,
the
mawlaAbdRabbih
as-Saghir;presumablythey
also
fought
to-
gether.
91
Thatsame
year,
another
Khfirijigroup
sent 200 men
underamawlato
fightal-Hajjfij’s
forces22Aboutthissametime,
aKhfiriji
mawla
ledfiftymen
into
battle,
and
a
mawlafromFars
who
was
knownforhis
abilityto
throw
twospears(?)atonce
died
fighting
forthe
Khfirijis.
z
Finally,Mut.arrif,
a
quasi-Khfiriji
rebel,hadamawlain
charge
ofhis
.haras(bodyguard);
thisman
alsoservedasa
military
commanderwhen
Mut.arrif
revoltedin
77/69624
Ibnal-Asheath, aformer
Umayyadmilitary
commander,re-
belled
in 80-83/699-702
usinglarge
numbersofunfree sol-
diers.
At.-Tabari
reportsthatmawlasnumberedasmanyasthe
paid
Arabianwarriors
(muq{ttil)
attheBattleof
DayrJamfijim
in
88.
T,2:1019.
89.T,2:958.
90.MDh,3:111.
91.Dixon,p.
180.
92.
T,
2:966.
93.
Fifty
men:AA,11:104.Twospears:AA,11:105.
94.T,2:983.