Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Abbas al-Hashimi

عبد الرحمن بن العباس الهاشمي

Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Abbas ibn Rabi'a ibn al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib; out with Ibn al-Ash'ath, he fled to Herat, killed al-Ruqad al-Mutakki and levied kharaj — beaten by Yazid ibn al-Muhallab who forbade pursuit, he fled on to Sind.

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The Umayyad Period
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Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Abbas ibn Rabi'a ibn al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib al-Hashimi. He rose with Ibn al-Ash'ath, and when the army was defeated he went among its remnants to Herat. 1

In Herat

Al-Baladhuri relates that he killed al-Ruqad al-Mutakki and collected the land tax. Yazid ibn al-Muhallab marched against him and defeated him, and ordered his men not to be pursued; the Hashimi went to Sind. 1

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Yazid ibn al-Muhallab's Campaigns and al-Mufaddal's Succession

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al-Mufaddal ibn al-Muhallab· al-Ruqad al-Mutakki· Mukhallad ibn Yazid· يزيد بن المهلب· Yazid ibn al-Muhallab's Campaigns and al-Mufaddal's Succession

Sources

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

al-Mufaddal ibn al-Muhallab; al-Hajjaj's governor after his brother Yazid — he retook breached Badghis, Shuman and others, and divided the spoils among the people.