Abdallah ibn Sawar al-Abdi

عبد الله بن سوار العبدي

Abdallah ibn Sawar al-Abdi; frontier lord who gifted Mu'awiya Qiqani horses, then died at Qiqan to Turkish aid — so generous no other fire burned in his camp, and a lying-in woman's khabis meant three days' khabis for all.

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The Umayyad Period
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Abdallah ibn Sawar at Qiqan

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al-Qiqan· Abdallah ibn Sawar at Qiqan

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  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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al-Qiqan

al-Qiqan of the Sind lands adjoining Khurasan; raided by al-Muhallab in 44h — the grave of al-Harith ibn Murra, Abdallah ibn Sawar and Rashid ibn Amr.