al-Afshin

أفشين

al-Afshin, lord of Ushrusana; he bought off Muslim ibn Sa'id's invasion with six thousand heads and his fortress.

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The Umayyad Period
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Al-Afshin, lord of Ushrusana. Muslim ibn Sa'id raided him, and he made peace in return for six thousand heads and handed over his fortress. 1

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Muslim ibn Sa'id's Farghana Disaster

People and things also explored

Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri· Muslim ibn Sa'id· نصر بن سيار· Farghana· Muslim ibn Sa'id's Farghana Disaster

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri

Brother of Khalid ibn Abdallah al-Qasri; in al-Baladhuri he founded the village called Suq Asad with its market and moved people into it — his camp, when he marched to Khurasan as governor, was by that market.