al-Qandahar

القندهار

al-Qandahar on the Sijistan-India road; stormed by Abbad ibn Ziyad at cost — its tall caps the model of the 'Abbadiyya — and Ibn Mufarrigh's 'he whose fate is written at Qandahar'.

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Persia & Central Asia
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Abbad ibn Ziyad's Qandahar and the 'Abbadiyya Caps· Hisham ibn Amr al-Taghlibi's Sind

People and things also explored

Abbad ibn Ziyad· Abu Ja'far al-Mansur· Dawud ibn Yazid ibn Hatim· Hisham ibn Amr al-Taghlibi· عمر بن حفص هزارمرد· Abbad ibn Ziyad's Qandahar and the 'Abbadiyya Caps· Hisham ibn Amr al-Taghlibi's Sind

Sources

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

Abbad ibn Ziyad; from Sijistan he crossed the mafaza and stormed Qandahar — and the tall caps of its folk became the 'Abbadiyya.