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al-Qiqan

القيقان

al-Qiqan of the Sind lands adjoining Khurasan; raided by al-Muhallab in 44h — the grave of al-Harith ibn Murra, Abdallah ibn Sawar and Rashid ibn Amr.

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Persia & Central Asia
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Abdallah ibn Sawar at Qiqan· al-Harith ibn Murra's Qiqan Raid and Death· Imran ibn Musa's Sind and the Zutt-Mayd Wars· al-Muhallab's Frontier Raid and the First Horse-Trimming

People and things also explored

Abdallah ibn Sawar al-Abdi· al-Harith ibn Murra al-Abdi· al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra· al-Mu'tasim Abu Ishaq ibn al-Rashid· Imran ibn Musa al-Barmaki· Abdallah ibn Sawar at Qiqan· al-Harith ibn Murra's Qiqan Raid and Death· Imran ibn Musa's Sind and the Zutt-Mayd Wars

Sources

  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Abdallah ibn Sawar al-Abdi

Abdallah ibn Sawar al-Abdi; frontier lord who gifted Mu'awiya Qiqani horses, then died at Qiqan to Turkish aid — so generous no other fire burned in his camp, and a lying-in woman's khabis meant three days' khabis for all.