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Abdallah ibn Ma'mar al-Yashkari

عبد الله بن معمر اليشكري

Abdallah ibn Ma'mar al-Yashkari; Yazid's governor of Dihistan and al-Biyasan with four thousand — the Ispahbadh's letter to the marzban had him and his men slaughtered unaware in their quarters.

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The Umayyad Period
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Abd Allah ibn Ma'mar al-Yashkuri, appointed by Yazid ibn al-Muhallab over Dihastan and al-Bayasan with four thousand men. 1

His death

The report says that the isbahbadh wrote to the marzban that he should kill the Arabs among his people, so they killed Abd Allah and his men while they were surprised in their dwellings (the treaty of Hayyan the isbahbadh). 1

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Participated in
Hayyan's Treaty with the Ispahbadh· Umar II's Da'wa beyond the River and Ibn Ma'mar's Raid

People and things also explored

al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami· Hayyan, Masmala's Mawla· Mukhallad ibn Yazid· Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz· يزيد بن المهلب· Tabaristan· Hayyan's Treaty with the Ispahbadh· Umar II's Da'wa beyond the River and Ibn Ma'mar's Raid

Sources

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