Damietta

دمياط

Damietta, a lower-Egypt city on the Nile's mouth; Amr ibn al-As sent Umayr ibn Wahb al-Jumahi to it with Tinnis, Tuna, Damira, Shata, Diqahla, Bana and Busir — their villages compounding on Fustat's terms.

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Era
The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Amr's Four Lieutenants Carry the Fustat Terms through Egypt· أخذ الفرنج دمياط وبناء المنصورة

People and things also explored

Abdullah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi· الملك الكامل محمد بن العادل بن أيوب· Amr ibn al-As· Kharija ibn Hudhafa al-Adawi· Umayr ibn Wahb al-Jumahi· Utba ibn Amir al-Juhani· Wardan, Amr's Mawla· Al-Fayyum

Sources

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

Of Banu Sahm; he emigrated to Abyssinia. Ibn Ishaq describes him as the Messenger of God's envoy to the Chosroes.