Sufyan ibn al-Abrad al-Kalbi
سفيان بن الأبرد الكلبي
Abd al-Malik's Kalbite commander sent with Syrian armies to rescue al-Hajjaj from Shabib — routed him, killed Ghazala and Umm Shabib, and pursued him to Ahwaz 1.
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Sufyan ibn al-Abrad al-Kalbi, a commander whom Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan sent from Syria with large forces to fight the Kharijite Shabib, when al-Hajjaj had taken refuge in the governor's house in Kufa 2.
Against Shabib
According to al-Mas'udi, Sufyan defeated Shabib, and Ghazala and his mother were killed. He then pursued him with the people of Syria, and caught up with him at al-Ahwaz 2.
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 130
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.130
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