Qashan

قاشان

a Jibal city; in al-Baladhuri taken by force by al-Ahnaf ibn Qays — al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Tamimi — on Abu Musa's mission.

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The Rashidun Caliphate · The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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The Conquest of Qumm and Qashan

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Abu Musa al-Ashari· al-Ahnaf ibn Qays· Qumm· The Conquest of Qumm and Qashan

Sources

  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Abu Musa al-Ashari

Companion from the Ashari tribe, a client of the family of Utba ibn Rabi'a; came to the Prophet on the two ships from Abyssinia. Known as a jurist, expert Qur'an reciter and governor of Basra and Kufa under Umar.