 Among the dead were a number of Basra's scholars, such as the grammarian al-Abbas ibn al-Faraj al-Riyashi, Zayd ibn Akhzam al-Basri, and Abu al-Ala Muhammad al-Bahili.Another scholar, the lexicographer and philologist Ibn Durayd, survived by fleeing to Oman before the battle.A significant portion of the city itself seems to have been destroyed, and much of its wealth was plundered by the rebels.