Bandun the Sughdi

بندون السغدي

Bandun the Sughdi, a king of Sughd; the Sughd mustered for him and Salm ibn Ziyad, crossing the river, killed him in battle.

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The Umayyad Period
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Bandun al-Sughdi, a king of the kings of Sughd. The Sughd gathered for him, and Salm ibn Ziyad fought him in a raid in which he crossed the river, and killed him. 1

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Salm ibn Ziyad's Khurasan

People and things also explored

A'sha Hamdan· Sallam ibn Ziyad· Umm Muhammad bint Abdallah al-Thaqafiyya· Salm ibn Ziyad's Khurasan

Sources

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