Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Asad ibn Abd Allah al-Qasri, brother of Khalid ibn Abd Allah al-Qasri, who was governor of Khurasan. 1
His governorship of Khurasan
Suq Asad
Al-Baladhuri says that Asad took the village known as Suq Asad, founded its market and moved people to it. His camp, when he set out as governor of Khurasan, was at this market. 2
Notes
- The sequence of his governorship (his appointment, Hisham's intervention, and his continuation) is as al-Salabi gives it; it needs an additional source.
Connections
- Participated in
- Asad ibn Abdallah's Khurasan· Muslim ibn Sa'id's Farghana Disaster
People and things also explored
نصر بن سيار· al-Afshin· al-Hakam ibn Awana al-Kalbi· Muslim ibn Sa'id· Balkh· Farghana· Asad ibn Abdallah's Khurasan· Muslim ibn Sa'id's Farghana Disaster
Sources
- The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.483
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.402
- Lectures on the History of the Islamic Peoples: The Umayyad State — al-Khudari
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/asad-ibn-abdallah-al-qasri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.