u ▁San ." ▁When ▁The odore ▁managed ▁to ▁set ▁fire ▁to ▁the ▁re bel ▁camp , ▁more ▁of ▁Ab ask ir on ' s ▁follow ers ▁desert ed . ▁" Here ▁[ in ▁Ab u ▁San ] ▁they ▁made ▁a ▁brief ▁halt , ▁but ▁with ▁day light ▁discovered ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁purs ued ▁by ▁the ▁By z antine ▁army . ▁The ▁gall ant ▁little ▁band ▁retre ated ▁fighting ▁towards ▁Alexand ria , ▁but ▁they ▁were ▁at ▁length ▁over power ed , ▁and ▁all ▁three ▁brothers , ▁with ▁Isaac , ▁were ▁taken ▁prisoners ". ▁ ▁After ▁being ▁captured , ▁Ab ask ir on ▁and ▁his ▁brothers ▁" w ere ▁placed ▁on ▁cam els ▁and ▁par aded ▁about ▁the ▁streets ▁of ▁Alexand ria , ▁that ▁all ▁men ▁might ▁know ▁the ▁revol t ▁had ▁come ▁to ▁an ▁end . ▁Then ▁they ▁were ▁thrown ▁into ▁prison ; ▁but ▁the ▁pre fect , ▁John , ▁stood ▁their ▁friend ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁he ▁d ared , ▁and ▁no ▁further ▁steps ▁were ▁taken ▁against ▁them ▁till ▁long ▁afterwards , ▁by ▁a ▁new ▁pre fect , ▁who ▁succeeded ▁John ." ▁They ▁were ▁eventually ▁executed ▁under ▁the ▁orders ▁of ▁Const antine ▁III . ▁" This ▁man ▁cut ▁off ▁the ▁heads ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁brothers , ▁and ▁sent ▁Isaac ▁into ▁ex ile . ▁The ▁same ▁pre fect , ▁probably ▁acting ▁under ▁orders ▁from ▁the ▁Emperor , ▁who ▁had ▁evidently , ▁neither ▁forgotten ▁nor ▁forg iven ▁the ▁revol t , ▁though ▁he ▁had ▁not ▁d ared ▁to ▁use ▁har sh ness ▁at ▁the ▁time