Al-Farama (Pelusium)

الفرما

Al-Farama (Pelusium), Egypt's eastern gateway; Amr ibn al-As reached it after al-Arish, found a body of men emboldened for battle, fought and routed them, seized their camp, and pushed on to al-Fustat.

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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-Arish

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.