Mansur ibn Jamwana al-Amiri
منصور بن جاونة بن الحارث العامري
Mansur ibn Jamwana ibn al-Harith al-Amiri of Qays, namesake of Hisn Mansur; in al-Baladhuri: he undertook the fortress's building and upkeep, stationed there in Marwan's days with a dense Syrian and Jaziran host to repel the enemy, then was set over al-Ruha's people when they withheld early in the Abbasid state — al-Mansur besieged them, he fled, was amaned and appeared; Abdallah ibn Ali made him chief of his police at his deposition, and when Abdallah fled to Basra he hid, was betrayed in year 141 and killed by al-Mansur at al-Raqqa — or, it is said, letters of his to the Romans betraying Islam were found, and his neck was struck at al-Raqqa.
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Connections
- Participated in
- The Killing of Mansur ibn Jamwana
People and things also explored
Abu Ja'far al-Mansur· al-Raqqa· The Killing of Mansur ibn Jamwana
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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