al-Harith ibn Murra's Qiqan Raid and Death

غزو الحارث بن مرة القيقان ومقتله

al-Qiqan

Al-Harith ibn Murra al-Abdi went as a volunteer to the Indian frontier with Ali's leave — took booty and captives, divided a thousand heads in one day — then was killed with nearly all his men in al-Qiqan in 42h, that land of Sind adjoining Khurasan.

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al-Harith ibn Murra al-Abdi set out as a volunteer for the frontier of India, with Ali's permission. He gained booty and captives, and then he was killed, together with most of his companions, in the land of al-Qiqan in 42 AH. 1

The raid

al-Harith was victorious, took booty and captives, and divided a thousand heads of captives and livestock in one day. 1

His death

al-Harith and those with him were killed in the land of al-Qiqan, save a few, and this was in 42. Al-Qiqan is among the lands of Sind on the side toward Khurasan. 1

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People and things also explored

Abdallah ibn Sawar at Qiqan· al-Ḥārith ibn Murra's volunteer raid into Sind (40 AH; killed at al-Qīqān 42)· Imran ibn Musa's Sind and the Zutt-Mayd Wars· al-Muhallab's Frontier Raid and the First Horse-Trimming· al-Harith ibn Murra al-Abdi· al-Qiqan

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Abdallah ibn Sawar at Qiqan

Abdallah ibn Sawar al-Abdi held the frontier, raided Qiqan, and gifted Mu'awiya Qiqani horses; back there the people summoned the Turks who killed him. So open-handed that none lit a fire but his — once, told a strange fire was a lying-in woman's khabis, he fed the whole camp khabis three days.