Rutbil (the Zunbil)
رتبيل
Rutbil, king of the Zabils; after the Kabul Shah expelled the Muslims he took Zabulistan and Rukhkhaj to Bust, where al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad routed him and pursued to Rukhkhaj; later he sued Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra at Barzan for peace over his land and Kabul's — settled at a million dirhams, ratified by Ziyad.
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Review
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Connections
- Participated in
- Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdallah ibn Amir's Sijistan· Abdullah ibn Umayya's Truce with the Second Rutbil· Ibn al-Ash'ath's End at Sijistan· Ma'n ibn Za'ida's Campaign on Rutbil· Qutayba's Coming to Sijistan· Rutbil's War and al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad· Rutbil's Refusal of the Governors' Tribute· Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra's Peace with Rutbil· Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra's Second Disaster
People and things also explored
Sijistan· Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra· Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdallah ibn Amir· عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن الأشعث· Abdallah ibn Nashira al-Tamimi· Abdullah ibn Umayya· Abu Afra'a Umayr al-Mazini· al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad al-Harithi
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Rutbil (the Zunbil)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/rutbil/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.