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Appear, they will not disappear.
So take care of sureness, for its features have become luminous, while Doubts have become dark.
Then do what you want through a decisive opinion; consider it carefully, And leave that which
does not occur.
When al‐Hasan read these poetry lines, he changed his mind and wrote to Herthema b. A‘yun
asking him to go quickly to him. He sent to him al‐Sindi b. Shahik, but there was between al‐Hasan
b. Sahl and Herthema an enmity and mutual alienation. So when the letter reached him, he said:
“We paved the way to the caliphate and cleared its sides for them, and then they took hold of the
affairs and possessed alone the direction over us. When they face a certain attitude because of
their bad management and their losing the affairs, they intend to set it right through us. No, by
Allah, we will not honor them until the Commander of the faithful (i.e. al‐Ma’mun) come to know
of their bad words and deeds.”
Al‐Sindi turned away from him when he despaired of him. Then a letter from al‐Mansur b. al‐
Mehdi came to him. When he read the letter, he responded and returned to Baghdad. When he
arrived at al‐Nehrwan, the people of Baghdad went out to receive him. At the head of them were
the prominent figures and the military commanders. When they saw him, they dismounted. He
stopped at his house. Al‐Hasan b. Sahl ordered the recorders of the army to be brought to him.
They were brought to him and he chose what he liked of men. The Muslim public treasuries were
opened for him. So Herthema gathered troops, to the extent that he had thirty thousands of
horsemen and infantry soldiers. When the number and equipment went well with him, he
advanced towards Kufa. He passed through al‐Meda’in, which was under the control of Abu al‐
Saraya. He controlled it and defeated its governor. Then he crept towards Kufa. The two armies
met at the Palace of Ibn Hubayra. A battle took place between them.
Many followers of Abu al‐Saraya were killed. Herthema insisted on fighting against Abu al‐Saraya,
and he responded to him. The troops of Abu al‐Saraya scattered, and he was unable to defend
Kufa, which was the capital and center of his revolt; so he was forced to leave it and to head for
al‐Qadisiya. Herthema occupied Kufa. Abu al‐Saraya left al‐Qadisiya and headed for al‐Sus. The
people of al‐Sus closed the gates at his face. He asked them to open them, and they opened them.
The governor of al‐Sus asked Abu al‐Saraya to leave it, but he refused. A battle took place and a
group of Abu al‐Saraya’s followers were killed, so Abu al‐Saraya escaped. He went to Khuresan
and stopped at a village called Barqana.
The governor of Barqana went out for them. He held a meeting with them. He gave them security
provided that he should send them to al‐Hasan b. Sehal, and they responded to him. Immediately,
he sent them to him. Al‐Hasan b. Sehal was then in al‐Meda’in. When the prisoners of war
reached him, he ordered Abu al‐Saraya to be killed. After Abu al‐Saraya had been killed, al‐Hasan
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