At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
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Overview
Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Safra al-Azdi, the amir of the people of Basra and the commander of the wars against the Azariqa. He granted his wife Khayra daughter of Damra al-Qushayriyya, the mother of his son Abu Uyayna, the two places Muhallabān and Khayrakān in Basra. 1
Governorship of Khurasan
He was appointed over Khurasan in 78 AH by the recommendation of the caliph Abd al-Malik. He sent armies to the lands of the Turkmen in 80 AH, crossed the river Balkh, and raided Samarqand, Bukhara and Tokharistan. He took a fifth of the booty for the treasury and divided the rest among his companions. He died in 82 AH while governor of Khurasan. 1
Al-Baladhuri has a mention of the grant described above. 2
Connections
People and things also explored
Abbas ibn al-Husayn al-Hibati· Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura· Abdallah ibn Khazim al-Sulami· al-Mughira ibn al-Muhallab· The Khatun of Bukhara· Sa'id ibn Uthman ibn Affan· Kabul· al-Qiqan
Sources
- The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.85-86
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-muhallab-ibn-abi-sufra/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.