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Bujayr ibn Waraqa' al-Sura'i

بجير بن ورقاء الصرعي

Bujayr ibn Waraqa' al-Sura'i of Tamim; with the party that renounced Ibn Khazim at Abarshahr, he pursued and stabbed him near Marw with Waki' ibn al-Dawraqiyya — and later leapt on the imprisoned Bukayr ibn Wishah and killed him.

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The Umayyad Period
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Bujayr ibn Waraqa al-Sarami of the Banu Tamim. He was among a group who deposed Ibn Khazim and went to Abrashahr. They followed him while he was heading to Tirmidh, and he fought them near Merv and stabbed him with Wakî ibn al-Dawraqiyya. Al-Baladhuri relates that he rose against Bukayr ibn Washah in his prison and killed him. 1

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The Killing of Abdallah ibn Khazim· Umayya's Khurasan and Bukayr's Killing

People and things also explored

Bukayr ibn Wishah· Abdallah ibn Khazim al-Sulami· Umayya ibn Abdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid· Waki' ibn al-Dawraqiyya al-Quray'i· The Killing of Abdallah ibn Khazim· Umayya's Khurasan and Bukayr's Killing

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

Bukayr ibn Wishah — some say Wisah; Ibn Khazim's shurta-chief who deposed him, seized arms and treasury, won Marw to Abd al-Malik's bay'a, and was made governor — he sent Ibn Khazim's head to Damascus. Under Umayya he held Tukharistan and the trans-river campaigns, then turned, imprisoned Umayya's son and deposed him; fought, then truced for a district, was seized on renewed suspicion and killed in his cell by Bujayr ibn Waraqa'.