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Hayyan ibn Shurayh

حيّان بن شريح

Hayyan ibn Shurayh; Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz's governor over Egypt — his scribe al-Salt ibn Abi Asim read him Umar's letter stating that Egypt was conquered by force with neither covenant nor contract.

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The Umayyad Period
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فتح مصر والإسكندرية

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Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As· Amr ibn al-As· Kharija ibn Hudhafa al-Adawi· Umayr ibn Wahb al-Jumahi· Uqba ibn Amir al-Juhani· al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam· Al-Arish· Al-Farama (Pelusium)

Sources

  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As

A Companion of Banu Sahm, a prolific transmitter of hadith who used to write; Abu Hurayra said none had more hadith than he except Abdullah ibn Amr, because he wrote; he embraced Islam before his father, and the two collections tell his story of fasting by day and praying by night.