Then they attacked public treasury and while ransacking it killed twenty persons on the spot,
and beheaded fifty more after arresting them. Then they attacked the grain store, whereupon
an elderly noble of Basrah Hukaym ibn Jabalah could not control himself and reaching there
with his men said to `Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr, "Spare some of this grain for the city's populace.
After all there should be a limit to oppression. You have spread killing and destruction all round
and put `Uthman ibn Hunayf in confinement. For Allah's sake keep off these ruining activities
and release `Uthman ibn Hunayf.
