Abu'l-Za'zi'a

أبو الزعيزعة

Abd al-Malik's guard-captain — struck off al-Ashdaq's head inside the trapped room 1.

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The guard-captain of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. The report in "Meadows of Gold" says that Abd al-Malik instructed him to kill Amr ibn Sa'id al-Ashdaq, and he struck his neck inside the room. 1

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  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 95-96
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