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Zawila

زويلة

Zawila, a town of the Maghreb between Barqa and Fazzan; Uqba ibn Nafi' al-Fihri reached it in his first charge over the Maghreb from Amr ibn al-As, laying on its people and those between it and Barqa what he judged they could bear.

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Era
The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Maghreb
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Site of
Uqba ibn Nafi's Charge over Zawila and the Marches to Barqa

People and things also explored

Amr ibn al-As· Uqba ibn Nafi' al-Fihri· Barqa (Cyrenaica)· Uqba ibn Nafi's Charge over Zawila and the Marches to Barqa

Sources

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

A Meccan diplomat who opposed the Muslims until 629–630, then converted and became the commander who conquered Egypt — and later Mu'awiya's chief ally in the first civil war.