Note 467 — Chapter XXXII · DANGEROUS FACTION AT KUFA. GROWING DISAFFECTION. A.H. XXXII.—XXXIV. A.D. 653–655
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The youth and his father belonged to the Beni Asad. On hearing of the riot, Toleiha (the quondam prophet), chief of that tribe, hastened with a body of his men to the palace for their rescue; but found that both had escaped half dead.
Another version is, that on Saîd’s giving expression to the sentiment about ‘the Sawâd being the Garden of the Coreish,’ the whole company sprang to their feet and shouted excitedly: ‘Nay, but the Lord hath given the Sawâd to us and to our swords.’ On this, the captain of the body-guard retorted angrily at their rude reception of his master’s words; whereupon they set upon him and left him half dead. The inflammable material was all around, and wanted only the spark to explode. This unfortunate speech about ‘the Garden of the Coreish’ was in the mouths of the disaffected all through the insurrection.