Umar II's Da'wa beyond the River and Ibn Ma'mar's Raid

دعوة عمر الثاني ملوك ما وراء النهر وغزو ابن معمر

Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz wrote the kings beyond the river summoning them to Islam — some converted. His Khurasan governor al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami jailed Mukhallad ibn Yazid and Yazid's agents, and sent Abdallah ibn Ma'mar al-Yashkuri deep into enemy lands till he neared China; the Turks surrounded him till he ransomed free and reached al-Shash. Umar lifted kharaj from Khurasan's converts.

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When Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz became caliph, he wrote to the kings of Transoxiana calling them to Islam, and some of them accepted it. 1

The governor of Khurasan

His governor over Khurasan was al-Jarrah ibn Abd Allah al-Hakami. He imprisoned Mukhallad ibn Yazid and the agents of Yazid. 1

The raid of Ibn Ma'mar

Al-Jarrah sent Abd Allah ibn Ma'mar al-Yashkuri beyond the river. He penetrated deep into the lands of the enemy and considered entering China. The Turks surrounded him until he ransomed himself from them, and he went to al-Shash. 1

Umar lifted the land tax from those in Khurasan who converted. 1

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Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz· al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami· Abdallah ibn Ma'mar al-Yashkari· Mukhallad ibn Yazid

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Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah's Governorship of Armenia· The letter of al-Jarrah and Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz's reply· The Building of the Fortress of Masisa· The Basra Dar al-Imara Saga· The Death of al-Jarrah at Ardabil· Death of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz· Umar's Expulsion of the Christians of Najran· The Founding of al-Ramla

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