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after he announced a cut to their stipends, Sa'id was among those who remained loyal to him, for which he was rewarded with the governorship of Makran. Not long after taking up his post, he was killed in an attack by Muhammad and Mu'awiya, two sons of al-Harith al-Ilafi, who afterward assumed control of the frontier region. According to

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(d. 892), al-Hajjaj sent Mujja'a ibn Si'r as Sa'id's replacement. In the wake of Sa'id's death, al-Hajjaj adopted his son

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, raising him with his own children. Muslim later served as governor of Khurasan.

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