Al-Hajjaj sent troops under Umara ibn al-Tamim al-Lakhmi to intercept them, but Ibn al-Ash'ath and his men managed to fight through to Sistan.
Al-Hajjaj sent troops under Umara ibn al-Tamim al-Lakhmi to intercept them. Umara caught up with them twice, at Sus and Sabur, but Ibn al-Ash'ath and his men managed to fight through to Kirman and thence to Sistan.