Khuzayma ibn Khazim

خزيمة بن خازم

Khuzayma ibn Khazim; an Abbasid governor of Armenia after Rawh ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi and before Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani — the sternest of them in office, and the one who instituted the land-survey at Dabil and Nashwa, which had not existed before.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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One of the Abbasid governors of Armenia, who came after Ruh ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi and before Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani. Al-Baladhuri describes him as the most severe of them in governance. 1

The survey

He is the one who instituted the land survey in Dabil and al-Nashwa, which had not been done before him. See the survey of Khuzayma. 1

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Parent of
Khazim ibn Khuzayma al-Tamimi
Participated in
Khuzayma ibn Khazim Institutes the Land Survey at Dabil and Nashwa

People and things also explored

The Ibadi revolt of al-Julanda in Oman· Marzuq's Ruse upon the Ispahbadh· The Revolt of Ustadhsis· Armenia· Dabil (Dvin)· Khuzayma ibn Khazim Institutes the Land Survey at Dabil and Nashwa· Khazim ibn Khuzayma al-Tamimi

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.296
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The Ibadi revolt of al-Julanda in Oman

The Ibadi rising of al-Julanda ibn Mas'ud in Oman, crushed by al-Saffah's general Khazim ibn Khuzayma with some ten thousand dead, 134 AH.