Kaskar

كسكر

Sawad town; in al-Baladhuri the host of Durna was routed toward it by Abu Ubayd ibn Mas'ud, and Muslim raiding ran between al-Hira and Kaskar and between Kaskar, Sura, Baziqisma and Sirat Jamasib.

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The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Umar's Endowment of the Sawad upon Its People

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Ali ibn Abi Talib· Bistam ibn Tarsi· Jamil ibn Busbuhri· Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Uthman ibn Hunayf· Umar's Endowment of the Sawad upon Its People

Sources

  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Ali ibn Abi Talib

Cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet and the fourth caliph (r. 656–661 CE); the first Imam in Shia tradition.