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Asid ibn Zafir al-Sulami

أسيد بن زافر السلمي

Asid ibn Zafir al-Sulami, Abu Yazid; he guided Marwan ibn Muhammad into the Khazar land by way of Bab al-Lan, the mountain kings accompanying him from the Bab wa-l-Abwab side.

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The Umayyad Period
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Asid ibn Zafir al-Sulami, whose kunya is Abu Yazid. 1

Marwan's guide

Marwan ibn Muhammad entered the land of the Khazars from the side of the Gate of Lan, with the kings of the mountains from the side of the Gate and the Gates. He took part in that as a guide at the Gate of Lan in Marwan's expedition to the Caucasus. 1

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  • The only source is "Futuh al-Buldan" and needs an additional source.

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Marwan ibn Muhammad's Expedition through Khazar and Mountain Lands

People and things also explored

The Khazars· هشام بن عبد الملك· مروان بن محمد بن مروان· Sa'id ibn Amr ibn Aswad al-Harashi· Al-Sarir· Armenia· Bab al-Lan (Darial)· Khakhit

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.292
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The Khazars

The Khazars in al-Baladhuri are the people beyond the Caucasus whose great king bears the title Khaqan; Salman ibn Rabi'a warred on them until slain at Balanjar, and they surged across the Rass in al-Jarrah's day until he met and fell fighting them near Ardabil; when their great king learned the numbers Marwan ibn Muhammad trod into his lands it filled him with dread, and he sent summoning him to Islam or war — Marwan answering 'I accept Islam', whereupon the Khaqan showed forth Islam, Marwan compounding with him confirming his kingdom, and settled a body of them between al-Samur and al-Shabiran in the Lakz plain; and Yazid ibn Asid married into their king's house at al-Mansur's command, the Khaqan's daughter bearing him a son who died while she died in her lying-in.