al-Qasim ibn Sulayman, Ziyad's Mawla

القاسم بن سليمان مولى زياد

Al-Qasim ibn Sulayman, Ziyad's mawla; the drained Qasiyya tract he took by a forged letter, claiming Yazid ibn Mu'awiya's grant.

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The Umayyad Period
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Qasim ibn Sulayman, client of Ziyad. According to al-Baladhuri, al-Qasiya was among the lands whose water had dried up, so Qasim fabricated a letter that he claimed was from Yazid ibn Mu'awiya, granting him the land as an iqta. 1

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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