
This biography of Al Hajjaj Bin Youssef Al Thaqafi looks back on his cruelty, his clemency and his loyalty, and paints the portrait of a controversial regent.
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Air Date: 2003-10-27
Al-Hajjaj Al-Thaqafi leaves Ta'if towards Damascus, capital of the Umayyads after Abdullah bin Al-Zubeir's soldiers a...
Air Date: 2003-10-28
Caliph Abdul Malik bin Marwan's kills Amr bin Said bin Al-Aas after his arrival in Damascus despite granting him safe...
Air Date: 2003-10-29
Al-Hajjaj achieves his goal by meeting the Caliph Abdul Malik after the Caliph wishes him to take control of the sold...
Air Date: 2003-10-30
Abdullah bin Al-Zubeir appoints Ibn Al-Muhalab to Basra after he is brought in from Khorasan to suppress the sedition...
Air Date: 2003-10-31
Ibn Al-Muhalab is concerned about the complacency of the people of Basra and their reliance upon him in his war again...
Air Date: 2003-11-01
Caliph Abdul Malik sends Al-Hajjaj to Zafar bin Al-Harith to make peace, bribing him with money in preparation for th...
Air Date: 2003-11-02
Caliph Abdul Malik goes to the head of his army to fight Musa'b bin Al-Zubeir in Iraq accompanied by Al-Hajjaj. Ibn A...
Air Date: 2003-11-03
Musa'b bin Al-Zubeir is killed after the victory of Caliph Abdul Malik bin Marwan's army against him. The Umayyad cal...
Air Date: 2003-11-04
Caliph Abdul Malik bin Marwan returns to Damascus victorious after appointing Khaled and his brother Bishr control ov...
Air Date: 2003-11-05
Caliph Abdul Malik sends a campaign to the Hijaz under the command of Al-Hajjaj to bring an end to the rule of the pe...
Air Date: 2003-11-06
Bishr complies with the order of the Caliph to send the Iraqi troops under the command of Ibn Amr to join Al-Hajjaj i...
Air Date: 2003-11-07
Yousef Al-Thaqafi and his son Muhammad's attempts to discourage Al-Hajjaj from attacking Mecca fail after Al-Hajjaj i...
Air Date: 2003-11-08
Caliph Abdul Malik begins the arabisation of bureaucracy and currency as pointed out by Al-Hajjaj. Al-Hajjaj plans to...
Air Date: 2003-11-09
Yousef Al-Thaqafi joins Abdullah bin Al-Zubeir after his son refuses to abandon Al-Hajjaj on his campaign to Mecca. A...
Air Date: 2003-11-10
Al-Hajjaj tightens the siege upon the people of Mecca after his soldiers take control of the Maimoun well, cutting of...
Air Date: 2003-11-11
The people of Basra abandon Ibn Al-Muhalab, returning to Basra promising that they will return any attack made agains...
Air Date: 2003-11-12
The people of Mecca panic at the sight of the catapults after their installation in the mountains. Al-Hajjaj is persi...
Air Date: 2003-11-13
Al-Hajjaj's attempts to make peace with Abdullah fail after the latter refuses to comply with the Caliph's order to s...
Air Date: 2003-11-14
Al-Hajjaj begins his attack on Mecca after bombarding it with flaming rocks to the panic and fear of the civilians. S...
Air Date: 2003-11-15
The Islamic empire is in turmoil after Al-Hajjaj bombards and destroys Mecca. Caliph Abdul Malik resents Al-Hajjaj's ...
Air Date: 2003-11-16
The siege on Mecca comes to an end after Abdullah bin Al-Zubeir and Yousef Al-Thaqafi, father of Al-Hajjaj are killed...
Air Date: 2003-11-17
Al-Hajjaj displays the body of Abdullah bin Al-Zubeir and crucifies it before sending his head to the Umayyad caliph ...
Air Date: 2003-11-18
The people of Mecca plan to remove Al-Hajjaj from the governance of Mecca after his oppression of them is exacerbated...
Air Date: 2003-11-19
The people of Mecca make use of the Caliph's arrival during the Hajj season, disclosing their wish to expel Al-Hajjaj...
Air Date: 2003-11-20
The people of Kufa and Basra unite in their ranks hasty to join the army of Ibn Al-Muhalab in the Ahwaz, fearing the ...
Air Date: 2003-11-21
Al-Hajjaj is victorious over Abdullah bin Jaroud and his tribe after they betray the loyalty of the Caliph Abdul Mali...
Air Date: 2003-11-22
The Kharijites under the command of Al-Shaibani invade Kufa with Al-Hujjaj triumphing over them following the killing...
Air Date: 2003-11-23
The Umayyad State finds stability after Al-Hajjaj is able to suppress and eliminate the sedition of the Kharijites fo...
Air Date: 2003-11-24
Ibn Al-Asha'th prepares to fight the Turks led by their king Zumbil, spilling the blood of many Muslims in the attack...
Air Date: 2003-11-25
Ibn Al-Asha'th disobeys Al-Hajjaj and goes against oath of allegiance to the Umayyad Caliph after allying with his en...
Air Date: 2003-11-26
Al-Hajjaj returns to Basra following his victory against Ibn Al-Asha'th in the Deir Al-Jumajum region after the Calip...
Air Date: 2003-11-27
The Umayyad Caliph Abdul Malik bin Marwan dies, having built a strong Umayyad State with the help of Al-Hajjaj, makin...
Air Date: 2003-11-28
Al-Hajjaj's fear for himself causes him to imprison Yazeed ibn Al-Muhalab after a fortune teller predicts his death a...
Air Date: 2003-11-29
Yazeed flees to Damascus after his sister Hind was able to help him accompanied by her maid and the prison guard. Al-...
Air Date: 2003-11-30
Al-Hajjaj kills Said bin Jubeir for disobeying him in years past to the dissatisfaction of the Caliph Al-Walid bin Ab...