Rufay' Abu al-Aliya al-Riyahi

رفيع أبو العالية الرياحي

Rufay' Abu al-Aliya al-Riyahi, a Riyah woman's mawla; he crossed the river with Sa'id ibn Uthman's army — 'Rufay' Abu al-Aliya: elevation and height'.

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The Umayyad Period
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Sa'id ibn Uthman and the Bukhara Host

People and things also explored

The Khatun of Bukhara· Sa'id ibn Uthman ibn Affan· Bukhara· Sa'id ibn Uthman and the Bukhara Host

Sources

  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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The Khatun of Bukhara

The Khatun, queen of Bukhara; her Turkish levies routed by Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad, she truced at a million and he entered Baykand. Under Sa'id ibn Uthman she broke covenant as the Sughd, Turks, Kish and Nasaf massed a hundred twenty thousand — broken, she gave hostages, renewed the peace, aided him on Samarqand, and sued for sulh again at Tirmidh.