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- From: hermi@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Lotfi Hermi)
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- Subject: Turfa ( Hajjaj Ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi)
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 11:34:06 -0500
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- 'Abd-al-Malik ( ibn Marwan) asked one Arab who had come to him on
- an embassy about al-Hajjaj. He wanted him to praise al-Hajjaj for
- his good political leadership (for the benefit of) civilization.
- But the Arab said: "When I left him, he was acting unjustly all
- by himself." He was preventing the Arabs from practicing their
- cheriched lawlessness, and he alone was responsible for the
- oppressive rule of law. A closely related story is found in
- Ibn 'Abd Rabih, al-'Iqd (al-farid), II, p77.
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