Abu Ubayd ibn Mas'ud al-Thaqafi
أبو عبيد بن مسعود الثقفي
c. Ramadan 13 AH
Abu al-Mukhtar ibn Abi Ubayd ibn Mas'ud, of Thaqif; Umar's first appointee to Iraq in a thousand men — routed Jaban at al-Mudhayyib and Durna to Kaskar, pacified the Jalinus at Barusma at four dirhams a head, then crossed the bridge he had repaired against Dhu al-Hajib Mardanshah's mailed thousands and elephant, fighting till killed — or the elephant knelt upon him.
At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Connections
- Participated in
- Abu Ubayd's Dispatch to Iraq· The Day of the Bridge
People and things also explored
المثنى بن حارثة· Salit ibn Qays al-Ansari· Abu Muhjan ibn Habib al-Thaqafi· Abu Zayd al-Ansari· Dhu al-Hajib Mardanshah· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Urwa ibn Zayd al-Khayl al-Ta'i· al-Hira
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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