At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Hayyan ibn Shurayh, the agent of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz over Egypt. His secretary al-Salt ibn Abi Asim read to him Umar's letter, in which it was stated that Egypt had been conquered by force without any treaty or covenant (the conquest of Egypt). 1
Al-Salabi reports that Umar wrote to him to remit the poll tax for those of the protected people who had embraced Islam, citing verses of the chapter of Repentance (al-Tawba). 2
Connections
- Participated in
- Conquest of Egypt and Alexandria
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As· Amr ibn al-As· Kharija ibn Hudhafa al-Adawi· Umayr ibn Wahb al-Jumahi· Uqba ibn Amir al-Juhani· al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam· Al-Arish· Al-Farama (Pelusium)
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
- The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.203
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islam.museum contributors. “Hayyan ibn Shurayh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hayyan-ibn-shurayh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.