The Founding of al-Mahfuza and al-Mansura
بناء المحفوظة والمنصورة
With Hind apostatized save Qassa's folk and no refuge left, al-Hakam ibn Awana al-Kalbi built al-Mahfuza beyond the lake — Syrian Kalbi shaykhs naming it Dimashq or Hims till one said Tadmur and drew 'God destroy you, fool — it is al-Mahfuza'. Amr ibn Muhammad ibn al-Qasim, his trusted deputy, raided from it and built al-Mansura below the lake — the governors' seat today — while al-Hakam won back enemy holdings to general approval. Khalid marvelled: 'I gave them the Arabs' most generous youth and they rejected him — the most miserly, accepted' — and al-Hakam was killed there. At the da'wa's dawn Abu Muslim gave the frontier to Mughallis al-Abdi, who set out via Tukharistan.
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Review
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Connections
- Had participant
- al-Hakam ibn Awana al-Kalbi· Amr ibn Muhammad ibn al-Qasim· Mughallis al-Abdi
- Occurred at
- al-Mansura
People and things also explored
Mughallis Slain and Musa ibn Ka'b's Sind· Asad ibn Abdallah's Khurasan· al-Hakam ibn Awana al-Kalbi· Amr ibn Muhammad ibn al-Qasim· Mughallis al-Abdi· al-Mansura
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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