Mu'adha al-Adawiyya
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Mu'adha al-Adawiyya, the Basran ascetic; her husband Sila ibn Ashyam Abu al-Sahba' al-Adawi fell with Yazid ibn Ziyad at Junza in the Kabul battle.
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- The Umayyad Period
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Mu'adha al-Adawiyya, a devout woman of the women of Basra. Her husband was Silat ibn Ashyam Abu al-Sahba' al-Adawi, who was martyred with Yazid ibn Ziyad at Janza in the battle of Kabul. 1
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Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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