Ashras ibn Awf

أشرس بن عوف

Ashras ibn Awf of Shayban; the Persian defector walked him across Dujayl's stone weir up into Tustar and showed him Hurmuzan — the way the Muslims entered the city.

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The Rashidun Caliphate
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Ashras ibn Awf, a man of Shayban. 1

The day of Tustar

A man of the Persians who had been given safe conduct, a Dujayl, waded with him over a ridge of stones, then carried him up to the city of Tustar and showed him Hurmuzan. He then returned him to the army, and that was how the Muslims entered it. 1

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  • The only source is al-Baladhuri's "Futuh al-Buldan", and it needs an additional source and a page number.

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Tustar's Fall and Hurmuzan's Capture

People and things also explored

Abu Musa al-Ashari· الهرمزان· Tustar· Tustar's Fall and Hurmuzan's Capture

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Abu Musa al-Ashari

Companion from the Ashari tribe, a client of the family of Utba ibn Rabi'a; came to the Prophet on the two ships from Abyssinia. Known as a jurist, expert Qur'an reciter and governor of Basra and Kufa under Umar.