جنادة بن أبي أمية الأزدي

جنادة بن أبي أمية الأزدي

80 AH

In al-Baladhuri: a hadith transmitter who met Abu Bakr, Umar and Mu'adh ibn Jabal and died in year 80; Mu'awiya sent him to Rhodes which he opened by force in year 53, settling Muslims in it, opened Arwad in year 54, and raided Crete — when Mu'awiya died Yazid wrote him ordering the fort's demolition and return.

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The Conquest of Rhodes and the Demolition of Its Fort· The Conquest of Arwad· The Conquest of Crete

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Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan· مجاهد بن جبر· عبد الله المأمون بن هارون الرشيد· أبو حفص الإقريطشي· حميد بن معيوف الهمداني· تبيع بن امرأة كعب الأحبار· Yazid ibn Mu'awiya· أرواد

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  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan

A Qurashi of the Umayyad clan, born five years before the mission on the best-known account; he accompanied the Prophet and wrote for him, Umar appointed him over Syria after his brother Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan and Uthman kept him there, then he did not pledge to Ali and fought him, took Syria for himself and added Egypt, took the title of caliph after the two arbitrators, and the people gathered on him in the year of the community when al-Hasan made peace with him; the time of his conversion is disputed.