Iyas ibn Mu'awiya al-Muzani

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Era: The Umayyad Period
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Life in time

The Early Abbasid Caliphate · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abd al-Ala al-Sadafi · Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr · Abd al-Rahman ibn Ziyad ibn An'am · Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man ibn Thabit · Al-A'mash, Sulayman ibn Mihran

Summary

Abu Wathila Iyas ibn Mu'awiya ibn Qurra al-Mazni — eloquent of tongue, counted a byword for intelligence and quickness; true in physiognomy, seasoned in affairs, famous for extreme cleverness — proverbs were coined on him; 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz had appointed him qadi of Basra. ¹

Sources

Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan

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