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Rutbil's War and al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad

حرب رتبيل والربيع بن زياد

The Kabul Shah mustered and expelled every Muslim in Kabul; Rutbil came and took Zabulistan and Rukhkhaj as far as Bust. Al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad rode out with the people, fought Rutbil at Bust and routed him, pursued him to Rukhkhaj and fought him there, then went on to conquer the Dawar country.

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The Umayyad Period
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In al-Baladhuri's account, Kabul Shah gathered forces against the Muslims and drove out those who were among them in Kabul. Rutbil came and prevailed over Zabulistan and Rukhkh until he reached Bust. 1

The fighting

al-Rabi ibn Ziyad went out with the people and fought Rutbil at Bust and defeated him. He followed him as far as Rukhkh and fought him there, then went on and took the lands of al-Dawar. 1

The data names Kabul Shah as the one who drove the Muslims out of Kabul. The history of this war is not recorded in the data and needs an additional source.

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al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad al-Harithi· Rutbil (the Zunbil)· The Kabul Shah

People and things also explored

Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdallah ibn Amir's Sijistan· Abdullah ibn Umayya's Truce with the Second Rutbil· Ibn al-Ash'ath's End at Sijistan· The Aman of Jundishapur· Conquest of Kirman· Ma'n ibn Za'ida's Campaign on Rutbil· Qutayba's Coming to Sijistan· al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad's Fifty-Thousand Transplant

Sources

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