The Abyssinians of al-Bayma

حبش البيما

The Abyssinians of al-Bayma; they kept fighting for seven years after Egypt's conquest, uncatchable, never stirring from the waters amid the thickets.

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The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Participated in
Amr's Dismissal and Ibn Abi Sarh's Sole Charge of Egypt

People and things also explored

Abdullah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh· Amr ibn al-As· Uthman ibn Affan· Al-Fustat· Amr's Dismissal and Ibn Abi Sarh's Sole Charge of Egypt

Sources

  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Abdullah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh

A scribe of revelation who apostatized back to Quraysh; proscribed on the day of the Conquest, he was sheltered by his foster brother Uthman ibn Affan who pleaded for him until the Prophet granted him pardon; he returned to Islam and later governed Egypt under Umar and Uthman.