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Khaniqin

خانقين

town east of the Tigris; in al-Baladhuri the Persians placed their dependents and baggage there at Jalula, and Jarir ibn Abdallah came to it killing the remaining Persians.

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The Rashidun Caliphate
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Levant & Iraq
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Khaniqin is a land east of the Tigris. Al-Baladhuri reports that the Persians placed their dependants and baggage in it on the day of Jalula. Then Jarir ibn Abd Allah came to Khaniqin, where some of them remained, and he killed them. 1

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Khaniqin”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/khaniqin/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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