Salih ibn Nasr al-Kinani al-Mutawwi'i
صالح بن نصر الكناني المتطوعي
Salih ibn Nasr al-Kinani, called Salih al-Mutawwi'i; leader of the mutatawwi'a volunteers in Sistan who gathered to fight the Kharijite Shurat when the Baghdad state faltered after al-Mutawakkil's killing — they subdued Sistan and ruled it until Tahir ibn Abd Allah, amir of Khurasan, drove them out; among his companions were Dirham ibn al-Hasan and Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar.
At a glance
- Roles
- military-commander
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Overview
Salih ibn Nasr al-Kinani, known as Salih al-Mutatawwi'i. He was the leader of a group of volunteers (al-mutatawwi'a) in the regions of Sistan, who gathered to fight the Kharijite Shurat when the state in Baghdad was unsettled by the killing of al-Mutawakkil 1.
They overcame Sistan and ruled it. Then Tahir ibn Abd Allah, amir of Khurasan, marched against them, defeated them there and drove them out. Among his companions were Dirham ibn al-Hasan and Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar 1.
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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