Habib ibn al-Muhallab

حبيب بن المهلب

Habib ibn al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra; Sulayman's Sind-war commander — received obedience on Mihran's shore and won his fights.

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The Umayyad Period
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Habib ibn al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik appointed him to the war in Sind. He camped on the shore of the Mihran, and its people gave him their obedience, and he fought a group of people and gained victory over them. 1

Then Sulayman appointed him governor of Sind, but he did not allow the son of Dahir to take back the rule of his fathers. 2

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Habib's Sind, the Kings' Conversion, and the Muhallabids' End

People and things also explored

Amr ibn Muslim al-Bahili· Habsha ibn Dahir· Hilal ibn Ahwaz al-Mazini· Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz· Mihran· Habib's Sind, the Kings' Conversion, and the Muhallabids' End

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
  2. The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.108
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