Salit ibn Qays al-Ansari
سليط بن قيس الأنصاري
c. Ramadan 13 AH
Salit ibn Qays ibn Amr al-Ansari; sent by Umar with Abu Ubayd to Iraq with the saying 'but for the haste in you I'd have appointed you — war is cunning, only the patient man suits it'; at the Bridge he reproached Abu Ubayd for crossing against his counsel and fought till killed.
At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Connections
- Participated in
- Abu Ubayd's Dispatch to Iraq· The Day of the Bridge
People and things also explored
Abu Ubayd ibn Mas'ud al-Thaqafi· المثنى بن حارثة· Abu Muhjan ibn Habib al-Thaqafi· Abu Zayd al-Ansari· Dhu al-Hajib Mardanshah· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Urwa ibn Zayd al-Khayl al-Ta'i· al-Hira
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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