The
Unfree
inMuslim
Warfare,
2-205/624-820 127
slavesasareward.
Mughithaccepted,
hadal-Walid
compel
Mfisa
torelease
Tariq,
and
duly
receivedhisreward.
121
WesternCentralAsia. While the
greatestconquests
in Central
Asiatook
place
inthe
period
86-96/705-15under
Qutayba
b.
Muslim,unfree
soldiershadmore
importanceinthe
following
twentyyears,
98-119/717-37.
The
mawla
.Hayyfin
an-Nabat.i
wasthe
predominant
unfree
leader
during
this
period.
His
origins
arein
dispute;
some
say
hisname
signaled
an
imperfect
commandof
Arabic,
othersthat
hewasKhuradanior
Daylami.
122
Internaltextualevidenceim-
plies
thathis
originslayintheDaylamimountains.
23
Hefirst
appeared
in 90/709when
negotiating
the
peacetreaty
(sul.h)
between
Qutayba
b.Muslimand
TarkhtSn,
therulerof
Sogh-
dia.
124
Three
years
later,after
Qutaybapunished.Hayyfin
with-
out
goodreason,
H.
ayyanturned
againstQutayba
andin96/715
played
a
majorpart
intherevolt
against
him.
z
Qutaybaplotted
tokill
H.
ayyan,but
H.
ayyan’s
khtdimswarnedhimofthe
danger
intime andsavedhim.
6
Atthis
point, H.ayyfin
commanded
7,000
mawla
troops;
he
wasa
major
militaryleaderinhisown
right.
z7
In98/117heconcluded
a
peacetreaty
forYazidb.
al-
Muhallabwith the
Is.pahbadh,
the rulerofTabaristan.
128
In
102/721
headvocatedanattackon
Soghdia,
andthisledtohis
deathshortlythereafter.
9
Astheleaderofa
largecorps
of
121.FM,
p.
210.IbneAbd
aI-H.
akam
consistendymisspelledMughith’s
name
"MuCattab, buthis
idendty
isclear.
122.PoorArabic:T,2:1291;Balami,4:229;IbnACtham,7:291.Khuransani:
BalCanfi,
4:211.
Daylami:
FB,
p.
337; IbnACthan, 7:291;
Balami,4:211.
Grohmann,
Arabic
Papyri,
3:32translates
naba.t
as
"peasant"
and
gives
references
to
support
this.
123.
Namely,
hisconversationwiththerulerofTabaristaninwhichhe
identifiedhimselfasaTabaristani(T,2:1329;
Ibn
A%ham,7:292).
124.T,2:1204;Narshakhi,pp.46,58.
125.Punished:T,
2:1253..Hayyfin
turnedon
Qutayba:
T,2:1290;
UH,3:19;
FB,
pp.
423-34;Narshakhi,
p.
58.
126.T,2:1290.
127.T,2:1291.
128.T,2:1329;Balami,4:229-30;UH,3:23;FB,p.337;IbnA*tham,7:292.
129.
T,
2:1430-32.Shaban,
Abbfisid
Revolution,p.100,suggests
an
interpre-
tationoftheseevents.