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Zutt, who had taken over the Marshes between Wāsīt and Basra, to Ayn Zarba and they were made use of there.
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Zutt, who had settled in the marshes between Wasit and Basra in great numbers, rose in rebellion during the reign of the Abbasid Caliph al-Ma'mun, but submitted in 834 on condition that their lives and property were spared.
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Wasit he pitched his camp with five thousand foot soldiers in a village ... Zutt used to go back and forth and thus he surrounded them on all sides ... Zutt for fifteen days and captured a great many more.
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