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88 The <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> isi atn<br />

deputed his Commander Amr bin Yusuf to besiege Toledo and he<br />

himself marched in pursuit <strong>of</strong> Sulaiman and Abdullah. After several<br />

months <strong>of</strong> hide-and-seek campaigns, they came face to face on the<br />

plane <strong>of</strong> Murcia. During fierce fighting, an arrow hit Sulaiman and he<br />

dropped dead on the spot. With the end <strong>of</strong> Sulaiman, his forces fled the<br />

field along with Abdullah who took refuge in Valencia and sought<br />

forgiveness from Hakam. Granting the petition <strong>of</strong> his uncle immediately<br />

Hakam asked him to send his sons Asbah and Qasim as ransom and<br />

go to Tabkhiv in Morocco to settle there. Abdullah carried out the<br />

conditions without loss <strong>of</strong> time. Hakam treated both his cousins with<br />

love. He married his daughter to the elder and appointed the younger<br />

as the Governor <strong>of</strong> Merida city. At a time when Sultan Hakam was<br />

chasing Sulaiman and Abdullah, Umar bin Yusuf conquered Toledo<br />

and killed Ubaidah bin Umayr. He later made his son Yusuf bin Umar<br />

the Governor <strong>of</strong> Toledo and appeared before the Sultan with the head<br />

<strong>of</strong> Ubaidah. Following this Saragossa rose in revolt. Umar bin Yusuf<br />

went there and punished the insurgents. The series <strong>of</strong> revolts, which<br />

started in 181 A. H., came to an end in 184 A. H. and peace and safety<br />

prevailed over the whole <strong>of</strong> Spain.<br />

An Organized Conspiracy <strong>of</strong> the Christians<br />

It has already been mentioned that the Christian forces could not<br />

withstand Hakam's invasion <strong>of</strong> France and fled for safety. Three years<br />

<strong>of</strong> Hakam's engagements with his insurgent relatives <strong>of</strong>fered the<br />

Christians an opportunity to<br />

look into their weaknesses and find out<br />

ways and means <strong>of</strong> guarding themselves against Muslim invasions in<br />

the future. They had the state <strong>of</strong> Asturias in the western part <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Pyrenees joining the border <strong>of</strong> France, Galicia and the Bay <strong>of</strong> Biscay,<br />

another very strong State that was founded <strong>by</strong> the chiefs <strong>of</strong> the Goths<br />

after their expulsion from Spain. A large part <strong>of</strong> France was ruled over<br />

<strong>by</strong> Charlemagne. Moreover, rebellious Christians dominated the<br />

population <strong>of</strong> Barcelona, Aragon, Catalonia, and Galicia.<br />

Finding Sultan Hakam preoccupied with the task <strong>of</strong> putting down<br />

internal rebellions the Christians held a large scale consultative<br />

meeting in Tahir city. As a result <strong>of</strong> these deliberations, a massive<br />

united front came into being against the Muslims. Waves <strong>of</strong> peace and

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