"“The ultimate capture of Beykund (in AD 706) rewarded him with an incalculable booty; even more than had hitherto fallen into the hands of the Mahommedans by the conquest of the entire province of Khorassaun; and the unfortunate merchants of the town, having been absent on a trading excursion while their country was assailed by the enemy, and finding their habitations desolate on their return contributed further to enrich the invaders, by the ransom which they paid for the recovery of their wives and children. The ornaments alone, of which these women had been plundered, being melted down, produced, in gold, one hundred and fifty thousand meskals; of a dram and a half each. Among the articles of the booty, is also described an image of gold, of fifty thousand meskals, of which the eyes were two pearls, the exquisite beauty and magnitude of which excited the surprise and admiration of Kateibah. They were transmitted by him, with a fifth of the spoil to Hejauje, together with a request that he might be permitted to distribute, to the troops, the arms which had been found in the place in great profusion.”"
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
About Qutaibah bin Muslim al-Bãhilî (AD 705-715) at Beykund (Khurasan). Major David Price, Mahommedan History, London. 1811. New Delhi Reprint, 1984, Vol. I. pp. 467-68.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_Khorasan
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Muslim conquest of Khorasan
Muslim conquest of Khorasan was the last phase of the heavy war between the Rashidun caliphate against Sassanid Empire.
3 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Muslim conquest of Khorasan →
Related Quotes
"“A breach was, however, at last effected in the walls of the city in AD 712 by the warlike machines of Kateibah; and …"
"“Other authorities say that Kutaibah granted peace for 700,000 dirhams and entertainment for the Moslems for three da…"
"The unsettled political conditions apparently encouraged clandestine diggings, and it seems that the ancient Bactrian…"
"The national museum in Kabul which was inaugurated in 1924 and the most important repository of the excavated materia…"
"Dupree’s analysis clearly suggests that ‘the museum was not plundered by rampaging gangs of illiterate Mujahideen’. T…"
"You have to remember that the items that have been stolen from the Museum or have been plundered, are not owned by on…"
"While I have seen a few museum pieces for sale in Afghanistan, there are a number of artifacts on the market that hav…"
"East Bengal and West Bengal share the same culture, the same history, and the same heritage. We cannot be kept apart."
"We believe that if we can establish a non-communal state in East Bengal, then West Bengal, Assam, and Tripura, which …"
"Communal riots in Bangladesh could have been prevented if West Bengal, Assam, and East Bengal had united to form an i…"