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Abu Muhammad al-Battal

أبو محمد البطال

One of the Syrian Muslim commanders and champions; he served in the army of Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik, based at Antioch, and Maslama appointed him over ten thousand men whom he made the vanguard of the army. He was killed in 112 AH, or, it is said, 113 1. The book notes that many of the reports attributed to him are exaggerated, and that some of them are fabricated 1.

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Abu Muhammad al-Battal, one of the Syrian Muslim commanders and champions. He was in the army of Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik, based at Antioch. 1

Maslama appointed him over ten thousand men whom he made the advance guard of the army. He was killed in 112 AH, or it is said 113 AH. 1

Reports attributed to him

The book says that many of the reports attributed to him are exaggerated, and that some are fabricated. 1

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  1. The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.56
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