Documents of the Right Word

he came back a long time later. No one would lock his doors. He
established a ten thousand strong police organization. He
established order and security in rural areas and on highways, too.
All people enjoyed safety, as it had been in the time of hadrat
’Umar. He appointed many notables of the Sahâba, such as Enes
bin Mâlik, to important positions. Thus he utilized them.
Meanwhile, the Khârijîs, i.e. enemies of hadrat Alî, rose in
rebellion. Having no mercy on them, Ziyâd forestalled them and
had most of them killed, including their chief. Their names were
forgotten. Hadrat Mu’âwiya sent an army to Istanbul in the (hijrî)
year 49. He ordered his son Yezîd to join the army. A spoilt child
brought up in riches, Yezîd was too late. Hadrat Mu’âwiya forced
Yezîd to catch up with the moving army. Abdullah Ibni Abbâs,
Abdullah Ibni ‘Umar, Abdullah Ibni Zubeyr and Abû Ayyub al-
Ansârî Khalîd were in this army. In the year 53, Ziyâd passed away
in Kûfa, when he was fifty-three years old. Upon Ziyâd’s death, his
son Ubeydullah came to Damascus. Hadrat Mu’âwiya appointed
him commander of the forces of Khorasan. Ubeydullah was
twenty-five years old at that time. He went to Khorasan. Crossing
the Oxus river (Amu Darya), he made numerous conquests in
Bukhâra. He brought many booties back with him. In the year 55,
he became governor of Basra. Basra was an assembly area of
Khârijîs. The new governor of Basra, Ubeydullah bin Ziyâd,
marched against them and routed them.
When Yezîd became Khalîfa in the year 60, Ubeydullah bin
Ziyâd was governor of Basra. People of Kûfa wrote to the Khalîfa,
petitioning for an authoritative governor. So Yezîd sent
Ubeydullah bin Ziyâd to Kûfa. Upon arriving in Kufa, Ibni Ziyâd
found the city in utter disorder. He called the people to obedience.
In the meantime, upon an invitation he received from the people
of Kûfa, hadrat Huseyn ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ anh’ had sent his
paternal first cousin Muslim to Kûfa. Nearly thirty thousand
people convened in Kûfa and elected hadrat Huseyn Khalîfa. They
crowded around Ibni Ziyâd’s house. Ibni Ziyâd dispersed them
and had their chief Muslim executed. The same day hadrat Huseyn
‘radiy-Allâhu anh’ left Mekka for Kûfa.
’Umar, who was a son of Sa’d Ibni Ebî Waqqâs, one of the
Ashara-i-mubashshara, was appointed Emîr to the city of Rey.
’Umar was about to set out with four thousand people, when it was
heard that hadrat Huseyn was on his way to Kûfa in order to
become Khalîfa. Ibni Ziyâd told ’Umar to march against Huseyn,
which ’Umar refused. Upon this Ibni Ziyâd threatened him with
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