علي بن بليق

علي بن بليق

An officer of Mu'nis; meeting the fleeing caliph he dismounted, kissed the ground and begged him to turn back — but the Maghariba and Berbers overtook and killed him 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Ali ibn Baliq, one of the men of Mu'nis al-Muzaffar. Ibn al-Athir relates that al-Muqtadir met him on the day he was killed, when he was in flight; Ali dismounted, kissed the ground and asked him to turn back. It is also said that some men ordered him killed. 2

Ibn al-Athir says that al-Qahir arrested him with his father and Mu'nis at the start of Sha'ban 321 AH, then he was slaughtered and his head was taken to his father. 3

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 180
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.180
  3. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.190-195
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