130
Origins
Withthe
Umayyadsagainst
Muslims. In
119/737
boththerock-
throwing
slavesofKufaandthemawlasin Khfilid
al-Qasri’s
army foughtagainst
the
Khrijis.
15
Balj
b. Bishrled anex-
peditionary
forcetosuppress
Berberdiscontentin123/740;his
troops
included
8,000
Arabiansand
1,000
mawlas.
151
Tammm
b.
CAlqama,
the
subsequentconqueror
ofToledoandrulerof
Washqa,
Turtusha,andTarsuna,wasoneofthose
mawlas.
152
The heaviestuseof
unfree soldiersin the
Umayyadarmy
against
Muslimscamein thefinalseven
years
oftheArabian
period,
125-32/742-750,when
theyengagedeveryenemy--
Khfiriji
and
Shiq
rebelsandthe
rising
Abbasids.In
125/742a
mawlaarcherofnote
foughtagainstYah.yfi
b.
Zayd
b.Aliin
Khurasan?
53
A
yearlater,
themawlaMuslimb.Dhakwncom-
manded
5,000
menin
Syria.
14
Whenrebel
troops
surrounded
al-WalidIIthatsame
year,
the
caliphpromised
his
army
are-
ward foreach
enemy
head
theybrought
to him;one mawla
brought
himseveral andthen
complained
whenal-Walidde-
layedpayment,
aS
Alsointhesame
year,
the
governor
of
Egypt
enrolledassoldiers30,000mawlasandthe
maqmisa
attheorder
ofYazidIII?
6
In127/745theslavesofthe
people
ofKufaattackedthe
ShiCi
leaderMuwiya
b.cAbdallhandmawlasfrom
Egyptfought
withMarwn II
against
arivalfactionof
Umayyads?
When
MarwnII
fought
the
Khriji
leader
al-Khaybari,
theslaves
in
Marwn’s
camp
saw
that
al-Khaybari’sprotection
wasweakand
enteredthebattletoclub
him
todeathwithstaves?
8
Adifferent
versionofthissame
story
istoldaboutthewar
against
another
Khriji,a.d-D,
ahhk.OneofMarwn’scommanders,aBerber
150.
Rock-throwing
slaves:T,2:1628.Khlid
al-Qasri’s
mawlas:UH,3:109.
151.Ibn
al-Qfit.iya,p.
15.
152.Ibnal-Abbr,1:143.
153.T,2:1773-74.
154.T,2:1833.T,2:1852-53indicatesthat
Muslimb.Dhakwfnwasamawla
andcontainsan
important
discussionaboutslavemawlasandfreemawlas.
155.T,2:1809.
156.al-Kindi,
p.
84.Onthe
maqgzmisa,
seethepossibleexplanationinShaban,
Islamic
History,
1:157-58.
157.
Slaves:
T,2:1881.
Mawlas:al-Kindi,
p.
87.
158.T,2:1941.