'Uqba ibn Salim
عقبة بن سالم
Avenged Ma'n ibn Za'ida in 'Uman and Bahrayn, killing Abd al-Qays and other Rabi'a and Nizar men in Qahtani partisanship 1.
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Overview
Uqba ibn Salim did in Oman and Bahrain what he did, as a ruse against Ma'n ibn Za'ida, when the people of Yemen killed him out of partisanship for their own people 2.
What al-Mas'udi reports
He killed Abd al-Qays and others of Rabi'a and the rest of Nizar who were in the land of Bahrain and Oman. al-Mas'udi attributes this to his partisanship for his own people, Qahtan 2.
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 220
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.220
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