The Battle of Qadisiyyah by Abdul Malik Mujahid
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Mughirah's<br />
Swordsmanship<br />
Rustam cast a scornful look at Mughirah' s sword<br />
and remarked, "Is it that sword you rely on? It<br />
unfortunately does not have even a scabbard." <strong>The</strong>n<br />
he beckoned to a courtier and ordered him to fetch an<br />
ornate sword. When the sword was brought to him,<br />
Rustam said to Mughirah *' "Throw away that sword<br />
<strong>of</strong> yours and take this superb one instead." Mughirah<br />
* looked contemptuously at Rustam and brandished<br />
his sword, which flashed like lightning in the light. A<br />
moment later, he struck the ornate Iranian sword with<br />
a fierce blow, breaking it into two pieces.<br />
Mughirah's Offer<br />
to the Iranians<br />
Mughirah * now turned to Rustam and said, "You<br />
have only three options. Embrace Islam, choose to pay<br />
the poll tax (Jizyah), or war will decide between us.<br />
And if you need our protection, then be our slave, and<br />
pay the poll tax out <strong>of</strong> hand, while being humiliated,<br />
otherwise, it is war." Rustam snorted, knitted his<br />
brows and flew into a rage. He said derisively to<br />
Mughirah *' "If you had not been an envoy I would<br />
have slain you for your audacity. But listen, tomorrow,<br />
yes tomorrow, I will destroy you completely."
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