Marw al-Rudh

مرو الروذ

Marw al-Rudh of Tugharistan in Khurasan's works; besieged hard by al-Ahnaf till its folk took refuge in the fort and its marzban — of Badhan of Yemen's line — truced at sixty or six hundred thousand; its Qasr al-Ahnaf compounded at three hundred thousand on the clause that a Muslim enter, give the adhan, and stay till his return.

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al-Ahnaf's Sulh at Qasr al-Ahnaf and Marw al-Rudh· al-Ahnaf's Battle in Tukharistan

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al-Ahnaf ibn Qays· al-Ahnaf's Sulh at Qasr al-Ahnaf and Marw al-Rudh· al-Ahnaf's Battle in Tukharistan

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  • 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.