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Conquest of Surraq

فتح سرق

Surraq

Abu Musa took Surraq on Ramhurmuz's terms; they betrayed and Haritha ibn Badr's thick army failed to retake it — Abdallah ibn Amir took it by force, and Haritha governed it after. Abu al-Aswad satirized: 'Harith b. Badr, they gave you a charge — be a locust in it, betray and steal; your lot of the two Iraqs' wealth is Surraq' — and Haritha answered 'the God of folk repay you best — you spoke kindness and enjoined sufficiency; bid me decide and you would find me obedient — bid anything else, disobedient'.

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The Rashidun Caliphate
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al-Baladhuri relates that Abu Musa conquered Surraq on terms like those of Ramhurmuz, and then its people broke faith. He sent against them Haritha ibn Badr al-Ghudani with a large army, and he did not take it. When Abd Allah ibn Amir came, he took it by force. 1

After the conquest

Haritha was afterwards governor of Surraq. al-Baladhuri quotes verses by Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali reproaching him for the governorship, and a reply from Haritha declaring his obedience. The place of the event is Surraq. 1

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Haritha ibn Badr al-Ghudani· Abd Allah ibn Amir· Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, Zalim ibn Amr
Occurred at
Surraq

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Conquest of Jur· the conquest of Khurasan (30 AH)· Conquest of Tabaristan· The Death of Yazdgard ibn Shahriyar· Digging of the Ubulla Canal· The Forced Taking of Istakhr· The Conquest of Naysabur· Hakim ibn Jabala's Report on the Indian Frontier

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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