Al-Arish

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Al-Arish, Amr ibn al-As's first halt on the march to Egypt in year 19 — thence to al-Farama; at al-Mirish near it Umar's letter ordering him back reached him, already past it.

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Era
The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As· Amr ibn al-As· Hayyan ibn Shurayh· Kharija ibn Hudhafa al-Adawi· Umayr ibn Wahb al-Jumahi· Uqba ibn Amir al-Juhani· al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam· Al-Farama (Pelusium)

Sources

  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As

A Companion of Banu Sahm, a prolific transmitter of hadith who used to write; Abu Hurayra said none had more hadith than he except Abdullah ibn Amr, because he wrote; he embraced Islam before his father, and the two collections tell his story of fasting by day and praying by night.