Conquest of Shahrazur, al-Samaghan and Darabadh

فتح شهرزور والصامغان ودراباذ

Uzra ibn Qays tried Shahrazur as Umar's governor of Hulwan and could not take it; Utba ibn Farqad stormed it after fighting on Hulwan's treaty terms — the approach-fever killing Muslims — while al-Samaghan and Darabadh treated for jizya and kharaj with no killing, no captives and no path barred. Utba fought the Kurds slaughtering many and wrote Umar 'my conquests reach Azerbaijan' — Umar gave him Azerbaijan and Harthama Mosul; Shahrazur's districts stayed joined to Mosul till late in al-Rashid's reign, each district-agent's 200-dirham salary making 600 for these.

Overview

al-Baladhuri relates that Uzra ibn Qays, who was governor of Hulwan in Umar's caliphate, tried to conquer Shahrazur but could not. Utba ibn Farqad then raided it and took it after a battle, on terms like those of Hulwan. Scorpions used to strike the Muslims there, and they would die. ¹

The treaty and after

Utba made peace with the people of al-Samaghan and Dara-badhan for the jizya and the kharaj, on condition that they not be killed, enslaved, or prevented from any road they wished to take. He fought the Kurds, and wrote to Umar that his conquests had reached Azerbaijan, and Umar appointed him over it. Shahrazur remained joined to Mosul until it was separated at the end of al-Rashid's caliphate. ¹

The related names: Uzra ibn Qays and Shahrazur.

al-Nusayr and Hudhayfa's Raid toward Tikrit

In al-Baladhuri: al-Tusayr ibn Daysam ibn Thawr was sent from Ayn al-Tamr against a water of Banu Taghlib — he surprised them by night, killed and captured; a captive freed for guiding him to a Rabi'a clan led him to night-strike them for booty and captives, then he went to Tikrit's landward side and the Muslims took booty. Via Abu Mas'ud al-Kufi: he came to Ukbara' — its people safe-conducted, bringing food and fodder for his men — then passed al-Baradan whose people ran before the Muslims; he told them 'no harm' and that was their safe-conduct; then to al-Mukharrim — not yet called Mukharrim, only named after some descendant of Mukarram ibn Hazn ibn Ziyad ibn Anas al-Dayyan al-Harithi settled it, per al-Kalbi — then they crossed a bridge bound at Qasr Sabur, known today as Qasr Isa ibn Ali; Khurzad ibn Mahibandadh its garrisoned warden fought them and was routed, and they withdrew to Ayn al-Tamr. Al-Waqidi said: al-Muthanna ibn Haritha sent al-Nusayr and Hudhayfa ibn Mihsan after the Day of the Bridge and his withdrawal with the Muslims to Khaffan, in Umar's caliphate, with horse — they fell on some of Banu Taghlib, crossed to Tikrit and took cattle and sheep. Attab ibn Ibrahim via Abu Mas'ud: al-Tusayr and Hudhayfa safe-conducted Tikrit's people and wrote them a document which Utba ibn Farqad al-Sulami enforced for them when opening al-Tirhan and Mosul; it is also said al-Nusayr was sent by Khalid ibn al-Walid raiding villages at Maskin and Qatarrabul for a fine booty.

Conquest of Shahrazur, al-Samaghan and Darabadh

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The treaty and after

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al-Nusayr and Hudhayfa's Raid toward Tikrit