Editing Muhammad ibn al-Qasim (section)

==Governor of Fars==
Muhammad ibn al-Qasim's first assignment was in the province [[Pars (Sasanian province)|Fars]] in modern Iran, where he was asked to subjugate a group of Kurds. After the successful completion of the mission, he was appointed as the governor of Fars.<ref name=Asani>{{citation |first=Ali |last=Asani |chapter=Muhammad ibn al-Qasim |editor-first=Josef W. |editor-last=Meri |title=Medieval Islamic Civilization: L-Z |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LaV-IGZ8VKIC&pg=PA524 |year=2006 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-96692-4 |pages=524–525}}</ref> He likely succeeded his uncle [[Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi]], a brother of al-Hajjaj, who was previously a governor. The city of [[Shiraz]] is said to have been revived by Muhammad ibn al-Qasim. He built a royal villa in the city and a military camp at a short distance from it.<ref>{{citation |last=Durrani |first=Ashiq Muhammad Khān |title=History of Multan: from the early period to 1849 A.D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mucqAAAAIAAJ |year=1991 |publisher=Vanguard |page=10|isbn=9789694020457 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |last=Limbert |first=John |title=Shiraz in the Age of Hafez: The Glory of a Medieval Persian City |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x5-voc6nzmkC&pg=PA3 |year=2004 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=978-0-295-98391-2 |page=4}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=The Silk Road Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UgOwDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT1622 |date=18 July 2016 |publisher=Seoul Selection |isbn=978-1-62412-076-3 |page=1622}}</ref> He was also given the task of subjugating the area to the south of Shiraz, and the distant area of [[Jurjan]] near the [[Caspian Sea]].<ref name=Asani/>

Fars might have also had at this time some of the rebels leftover from the revolt of [[Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath|Ibn al-Ash'ath]], which almost brought down the rule of al-Hajjaj. An aged supporter of rebels and a Shia notable of the time, a disciple of the companion of Jabir ibn Abd Allah al-Ansari and a famous narrator of Hadith,<ref>Maclean, Derryl N. (1989), Religion and Society in Arab Sind, BRILL, pp. 126, {{ISBN|90-04-08551-3}}</ref> [[Atiyah ibn Sa'd|Atiyya ibn Sa'd al-Awfi]] was arrested by Muhammad ibn al-Qasim on the orders of Al-Hajjaj and demanded that he curse Ali on the threat of punishment. Atiyya refused to curse Ali and was punished. While Maclean doesn't give the details of the punishment, early historians like Ibn Hajar Al-asqalani and Tabari record that he was flogged by 400 lashes and his head and beard shaved for humiliation and that he fled to [[Khurasan]] and returned to [[Iraq]] after the ruler had been changed.<ref>History of al-Tabari Vol. 39, pp. 228, under "Those Who Died in the Year 111", State University of New York Press, (1998).</ref><ref>Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani, "Tahdhib al-Tahdhib", Volume 7, pp 226, narrator no. 413.</ref>