Note 177 — Chapter X · Nasr ibn Sayyār and Abū Muslim

Two very different versions of the end of Nasr are to be found in Oriental histories. That given in the text is the usually accepted one; but in the Persian translation of Tabari (cf. Zotenberg, loc cit. p. 329), in the Tārīkh-i-Guzīda, etc., we are told that he fled unaccompanied as far as Ray, where he died. No mention is made here of the engagements with Kahtaba, who, according to the author of the Guzīda, gained possession of Jurjān, Ray, Sāva, and Kum without striking a blow.