Abu al-Mukhtar al-Sa'iq

أبو المختار الصعيق

Abu al-Mukhtar Yazid ibn Qabs ibn Yazid al-Sa'iq; author of the famous poem that denounced the Ahwaz officials to Umar, who mulcted them of half their wealth.

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The Rashidun Caliphate
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Abu al-Mukhtar's Satire on the Ahwaz Officials

People and things also explored

Umar ibn al-Khattab· Khuzistan (al-Ahwaz)· Abu al-Mukhtar's Satire on the Ahwaz Officials

Sources

  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Umar ibn al-Khattab

Second caliph (634–644); under his rule the early community conquered Syria, Egypt and much of the Sasanian Empire. Remembered in Sunni tradition as al-Faruq, the model of just rule.