Abdallah ibn Qays al-Dazzaqi

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Abd Allah ibn Qays ibn Makhlad al-Dazzaqi, mentioned by al-Baladhuri on the authority of al-Waqidi in the account of the first raid on Sicily. He reports that he took captives in Sicily and got idols of gold and silver inlaid with jewels, and sent them to Mu'awiya, who sent them to Basra to be carried to India and sold there. ¹

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Participated in: The First Raid on Sicily and Abdallah ibn Qays's Plunder

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Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan· Mu'awiya ibn Khudayj al-Kindi· Sicily· The First Raid on Sicily and Abdallah ibn Qays's Plunder

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Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.329

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Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan

A Qurashi of the Umayyad clan, born five years before the mission on the best-known account; he accompanied the Prophet and wrote for him, Umar appointed him over Syria after his brother Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan and Uthman kept him there, then he did not pledge to Ali and fought him, took Syria for himself and added Egypt, took the title of caliph after the two arbitrators, and the people gathered on him in the year of the community when al-Hasan made peace with him; the time of his conversion is disputed.