Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Hafs ibn Umar ibn al-Ala'
محمد بن موسى بن حفص بن عمر بن العلاء
Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Hafs ibn Umar ibn al-Ala'; with Mazyar ibn Qarin he conquered the Shirwin mountains — Tabaristan's most impregnable, thickest in jungle and thicket — under al-Ma'mun.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Overview
Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Hafs ibn Umar ibn al-Ala'. Together with Mazyar ibn Qarin he took the mountains of Shirwan in Tabaristan in the caliphate of al-Ma'mun. The source describes these mountains as the strongest mountains of Tabaristan, the most difficult, with the most thickets and groves. 1
The data record neither his birth nor his death, and need an additional source.
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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