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Adi ibn Adi ibn Amira al-Kindi

عدي بن عدي بن عميرة الكندي

Adi ibn Adi ibn Amira al-Kindi; in al-Baladhuri: Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik gave him Armenia, then Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz gave it him again — he being the owner of the Nahr Adi at al-Baylaqan; his father Adi ibn Amira was of those who settled al-Raqqa having parted with Ali ibn Abi Talib (may God be pleased with him).

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The Umayyad Period
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Levant & Iraq
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Adi ibn Adi ibn Umayra al-Kindi, whom al-Baladhuri mentions in "Futuh Armenia". Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik appointed him over Armenia, and then Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz appointed him again. He is the owner of the Adi river in al-Baylaqan. 1

According to al-Baladhuri, his father Adi ibn Umayra was among those who settled in al-Raqqa and broke with Ali ibn Abi Talib. 1

In the museum's records his name is linked with the event of the governorship of al-Jarrah over Armenia, as the previous governor and the owner of the Adi river.

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Participated in
Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah's Governorship of Armenia

People and things also explored

al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami· سليمان بن عبد الملك· Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz· Armenia· Bardha'a (Partaw)· Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah's Governorship of Armenia

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.289
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al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami

al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami of Mudhhij; in al-Baladhuri: governing Armenia he settled at Bardha'a, where its conflicting measures and weights were laid before him and he set them on justice and fulness, making a measure called al-Jarrahi its people deal by to this day; he executed Habib ibn Maslama's aman and treaty for Tiflis's people with a writ fixing a hundred dirhams yearly on their mills and vineyards; then he crossed the Kurr, passed the river al-Samur, reached the Khazars and killed them in a great slaughter, and fought the people of Bilad Hamzin compounding to transfer them to a rustaq.