Salih ibn Mudrik al-Ta'i

صالح بن مدرك الطائي

A Tayyi' chief who fell on the pilgrim caravan of 285 at al-Ajfar, seizing mounts, goods and captives — said to have taken two million dinars from the pilgrims 1.

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Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Arabia
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A shaykh of Tayy who fell upon the 285 pilgrimage at al-Ajfar on Wednesday with twelve nights left of Muharram, taking the camels, the trade-goods, the free women and the slaves — it was said he took from the people two million dinars 1.

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Yawm al-Ajfar

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Yawm al-Ajfar

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  1. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p. 294
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Yawm al-Ajfar

285/898: the Tayyi' raiders' slaughter of the pilgrim caravan at Qa' al-Ajfar — pilgrims dead of sword and thirst.