عبد الله بن قيس الدزقي

عبد الله بن قيس الدزقي

In al-Baladhuri via al-Waqidi: Abdallah ibn Qays ibn Mukhallad al-Dazzaqi plundered Sicily, taking gold and silver idols crowned with jewels sent to Mu'awiya, who forwarded them to Basra to be carried to India and sold.

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The First Raid on Sicily and Abdallah ibn Qays's Plunder

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Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan· Mu'awiya ibn Khudayj al-Kindi· صقلية· The First Raid on Sicily and Abdallah ibn Qays's Plunder

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  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan

A Qurashi of the Umayyad clan, born five years before the mission on the best-known account; he accompanied the Prophet and wrote for him, Umar appointed him over Syria after his brother Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan and Uthman kept him there, then he did not pledge to Ali and fought him, took Syria for himself and added Egypt, took the title of caliph after the two arbitrators, and the people gathered on him in the year of the community when al-Hasan made peace with him; the time of his conversion is disputed.