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Qutham ibn al-Abbas

قثم بن العباس بن عبد المطلب

Qutham ibn al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib; with Sa'id ibn Uthman in Khurasan he died at Samarqand — some say martyred — having declined five booty-shares for one his own and one his horse's; Ibn Abbas mourned 'what a distance between his birthplace and his grave'.

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The Umayyad Period
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Qutham ibn al-Abbas's Death at Samarqand

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Samarqand· Qutham ibn al-Abbas's Death at Samarqand

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  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Samarqand

Samarqand, the great city of Sughd; Sa'id ibn Uthman besieged it under oath not to stir till it opened, lost an eye in three days' fighting — and al-Muhallab his — then truced at seven hundred thousand and royal hostages after besieging the kings'-sons castle, his stone lodging in the qahandaz's loophole.