They marched on my officers and the custodians of the public treasury which is still under my control and on the people of a metropolis, all of whom were obedient to me and were in allegiance to me. They created division among them, instigated their party against me and attacked my followers. They killed a group of them by treachery, while another group took up swords against them and fought with the swords till they met Allah as adherents to truth.
(1) Al-Kulayni, al-Rasa'il, see (2)
(2) Ibn Tawus, Kashf, 173;
(3) Ibn Qutaybah, al-'Imamah, I, 154;
(4) al-Thaqafi, al-Gharat;
(5) al-Tabari, al-Mustarshid, 95;
(6) Safwah, Jamharah.