خليل عامل القيروان

خليل عامل القيروان

The Fatimid governor of Qayrawan who disdained Abu Yazid's hundred thousand until the city broke; dragged from his own house to Abu Yazid and killed 1.

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Khalil, the governor of al-Mahdi in Kairouan. When Abu Yazid camped east of Raqqada with a hundred thousand fighters, Khalil paid him no attention, and ordered that no one should go out to fight him, waiting for the arrival of Maysur. 1

The fall of Kairouan

Abu Yazid advanced, the people of Kairouan were defeated, and Khalil went out reluctantly from the Gate of Tunis. Abu Yazid entered Kairouan, and Khalil was besieged in his house; he was then brought to him, and Abu Yazid killed him. 1

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  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 316-317
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