Kabul's Opening and its King's Islam under al-Ma'mun

فتح كابل وإسلام ملكها في أيام المأمون

The Mahdi's and Rashid's agents took Sijistan's atawa from Rutbil as strength allowed, posting their own men over the marches Islam had lost. Under al-Ma'mun at Khurasan the atawa came doubled, Kabul was opened, its king showed Islam and obedience, the governor's agent entered, the post-road was joined, and fresh myrobalan was sent him from it — and the land held steady for a time.

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Era: The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Al-Baladhuri relates that Kabul was conquered and its king showed Islam and obedience in the days of al-Ma'mun in Khurasan. ¹

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The governors of al-Mahdi and al-Rashid had collected tribute from Ratbil of Sistan in proportion to their strength and weakness. When al-Ma'mun was in Khurasan the tribute was paid to him doubled, and Kabul was conquered. His governor entered it and the post reached it, so he sent him fresh myrobalan from it. Then things were set right for a time. ¹

Location: Kabul. The date is not given: an additional source is needed.

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Occurred at: Kabul

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Kabul's Breach and Yazid ibn Ziyad's Death· Kabul Shah's Submission to al-Ma'mun· Ibn Samura's March to Kabul· Abdullah Abdullah· Ahmad Shah Massoud· Ashraf Ghani· Burhanuddin Rabbani· Fawzia Koofi

Sources

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

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Kabul's Breach and Yazid ibn Ziyad's Death

Kabul's folk broke and captured Abu Ubayda ibn Ziyad; Yazid ibn Ziyad marched on them at Junza and fell with many of his men — among the slain Zayd ibn Abdallah ibn Abi Mulayka al-Qurashi and Sila ibn Ashyam Abu al-Sahba' al-Adawi, husband of Mu'adha al-Adawiyya. Salm ibn Ziyad sent Talha ibn Abdallah ibn Khalaf al-Khuza'i — Talhat al-Talhat — who ransomed Abu Ubayda for five hundred thousand dirhams, then governed Sijistan for Salm, levying and rewarding his followers until he died there; a Yashkuri deputy was expelled by the Mudaris, factionalism broke out, each tribe seized its own town — and Rutbil took hope.