Abu al-Asad

Abu al-Asad, client of the commander of the faithful and one of the commanders of al-Mansur. Al-Baladhuri says that he was sent to Basra when Abd Allah ibn Ali was staying there, and that he was the one who brought Abd Allah ibn Ali into Kufa. He says that he dug the river known by his name at al-Bitah when he camped facing the army of Isa ibn Musa, who was fighting Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Hasan. ¹