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Aws ibn Tha'laba

أوس بن ثعلبة

Aws ibn Tha'laba ibn Ruqi of Taym Allah, a Khurasan notable who bore great charges there — Qasr Aws at Basra bears his name — and passing Palmyra he mocked its two idols 'you two maidens of Tadmur's folk, how long you have wearied standing'. He led Ibn Amir's army to Herat; Rabi'a rallied to him there, Ibn Khazim marched on him and had him poisoned — ailing, he took a wound in the battle and died of it days later.

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Aws ibn Thalaba of the Banu Taym Allah ibn Thalaba ibn Akaba, one of the notables of Khurasan, who held great offices there. 1

The Qasr Aws in Basra is attributed to him. Al-Baladhuri says that he was over the army of Ibn Amir to Herat, where the Rabi'a gathered to him. Abd Allah ibn Khazim marched against him and secretly had him poisoned, then he was wounded in the battle and died some days later. 1

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Ibn Khazim's War for Khurasan· The Herat, Badghis and Bushanj Sulh

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Abd Allah ibn Amir· Abdallah ibn Khazim al-Sulami· Qays ibn Asim al-Sulami· Rabi' ibn Nahshal· Sulayman ibn Marthad· Umar ibn Marthad· Herat· Ibn Khazim's War for Khurasan

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Abd Allah ibn Amir

He came to Basra in the year 30 AH, then went out to Fars and conquered it, and sent Mujashi' ibn Mas'ud in pursuit of Yazdegerd. The index records his march to Khurasan and the conquests he made there in 31 AH. According to al-Baladhuri, he came to Basra in the year 29, when all of Fars had been conquered except Istakhr and Jur.