Mu'awiya ibn Sa'sa'a
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Mu'awiya ibn Sa'sa'a ibn Mu'awiya, al-Ahnaf ibn Qays's cousin's son; he backed Humayri in the Marghab feud — when Bashir pleaded the canal was their herds' pasture: 'for a bow-legged cow, a she-ass and a kid you would take our pasture?'
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- The Umayyad Period
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Mu'awiya ibn Sa'sa'a ibn Mu'awiya, a paternal cousin of al-Ahnaf ibn Qays. He helped Humayri ibn Hilal in the dispute over al-Marghab. When Bashir complained that al-Marghab was the pasture of their camels and cattle, Mu'awiya said that they did not want to overcome them in defence of their pasture over a small matter. 1
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Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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