Harb ibn Abdallah al-Balkhi
حرب بن عبد الله البلخي
in al-Baladhuri, head of Ja'far ibn al-Mansur's shurta at Mosul — Baghdad's Harbiyya quarter is named for him.
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- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Overview
Harb ibn Abd Allah al-Balkhi, a man of the early Abbasid period. Al-Baladhuri reports in "The Conquests of the Lands" that he was in charge of the police of Ja'far ibn al-Mansur in Mosul, and that the quarter of al-Harbiyya in Baghdad was named after him. 1.
The data holds neither his birth date nor his death date; an additional source is needed.
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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