al-Muhallab's Frontier Raid and the First Horse-Trimming
غزو المهلب ثغر الهند وتحذيف الخيل
In 44h al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra raided the Indian frontier to Banna and the marshes between Multan and Kabul; at al-Qiqan eighteen Turkish riders on docked horses fought him and died — 'why are these Ajam readier to cut short than us?' — and he trimmed his own mounts, the first Muslim to do so.
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
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- Had participant
- al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra
- Occurred at
- al-Qiqan
People and things also explored
Abdallah ibn Sawar at Qiqan· al-Harith ibn Murra's Qiqan Raid and Death· Imran ibn Musa's Sind and the Zutt-Mayd Wars· Ibn Samura's March to Kabul· al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra's Khurasan· Sa'id ibn Uthman's Siege of Samarqand· Khayra bint Damra al-Qushayriyya· al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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