al-Nu'man ibn Muqarrin
النعمان بن مقرن
al-Nu'man ibn Amr ibn Muqarrin al-Muzani; in al-Baladhuri governor over Kaskar and its district — or at Medina — when Umar gave him the Nihawand army: 'I am employing you' — 'not as a tax-gatherer, but as a ghazi' — 'a ghazi, then'; the succession letter ran Hudhayfa ibn al-Yaman, then Jarir, then al-Mughira, then al-Ash'ath ibn Qays, with al-Sa'ib ibn al-Aqra' al-Thaqafi beside him.
At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Connections
- Participated in
- The Battle of Nihawand (Fath al-Futuh)
People and things also explored
al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba· Dhu al-Hajib Mardanshah· الهرمزان· Hudhayfa ibn al-Yaman· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Nihawand· The Battle of Nihawand (Fath al-Futuh)
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Nu'man ibn Muqarrin”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-numan-ibn-muqarrin/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.