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Era: The Umayyad Period
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Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan appointed over Basra in 45 AH divided the districts of Khurasan among his agents. ¹

The division

He appointed Umayr ibn al-Ahmar over Merv, Khulayd ibn Abd Allah al-Hanafi over Abarshahr, and Qays ibn al-Haytham over Marw al-Rudh, Talaqan and Fariyab. Nafi' ibn Khalid al-Tahi of the Azd was appointed over Herat, Badhghis, Bushanj and Qadis. Al-Baladhuri says that an amir was the first to settle the Arabs in Merv. ¹

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Had participant: Umair ibn al-Ahmar al-Yashkuri· Qays ibn al-Haytham al-Sulami· Khulayd ibn Abdallah al-Hanafi

People and things also explored

The Conquest of Naysabur· Qarin's revolt in Khurasan (32 AH)· Qays's Balkh Campaign and Nawbahar's Ruin· Qays ibn al-Haytham's Tukharistan March· Khulayd ibn Abdallah al-Hanafi· Qays ibn al-Haytham al-Sulami· Umair ibn al-Ahmar al-Yashkuri

Sources

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

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islam.museum contributors. “Ziyad's Partition of Khurasan, 45h”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ziyad-khurasan-settlement/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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The Conquest of Naysabur

Ibn Amir besieged Abarshahr — Naysabur's city — for months, each quarter under its own warden; one quarter-warden took aman to admit the Muslims by night, they opened the gate, and the marzban fortified in the qahandaz, then sought aman to compound for all Naysabur on a fixed wazifa — concluded at a million dirhams, some say seven hundred thousand. Qays ibn al-Haytham al-Sulami was made its governor at the conquest.