I am writing this letter to Amīr from the house of Sa'īd b.

I am writing this letter to Amīr from the house of Sa'īd b. 'Ās while I am severely sick. For this sickness you may not see me any longer. I did not have any other wish than revenge from the people of Medina! Wassalām!”[^13]254 Some others have reported that in the end of his letter, Muslim had written to Yazīd as follows: “Do not be saddened for the faithless people!”[^14]255 Departure of the Syrian Army towards Mecca Early in 64 A.H. (683 C.E.), following Muslim b.

'Uqba's ending of his deadly mission in Medina - as he had already predicted - he dispatched the Syrian army to Mecca to fight against 'Abd Allāh b. Zubayr who was known to be the main instigator of the revolts in Hijāz region and had made Mecca…