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Balkh

بلخ

Balkh, the city of the Tukhara; al-Ahnaf's march won its sulh at four or — the sounder report — seven hundred thousand, Asid ibn al-Mutashammis (or al-Ahnaf's nephew) left over it.

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Persia & Central Asia
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Balkh's Sulh and al-Ahnaf's Khwarizm March· Asad ibn Abdallah's Khurasan· Qays's Balkh Campaign and Nawbahar's Ruin

People and things also explored

al-Ahnaf ibn Qays· al-Hakam ibn Awana al-Kalbi· Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri· Asid ibn al-Mutashammis· Ata ibn al-Sa'ib al-Khashl· نصر بن سيار· Qays ibn al-Haytham al-Sulami· Balkh's Sulh and al-Ahnaf's Khwarizm March

Sources

  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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al-Ahnaf ibn Qays

al-Ahnaf ibn Qays — al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Tamimi; in al-Baladhuri, sent by Abu Musa to take Qashan by force and by Ibn Budayl to al-Yahudiyya on Jayy's terms, on Abu Musa's vanguard in one version.