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Ma'qil ibn Qays al-Riyahi

معقل بن قيس الرياحي

Ali's commander who demanded ten-for-one odds against the Khirit rebels — 'an equal number will surely stand firm for them' — and led the four-thousand-man Kufa–Basra expedition into Ahwaz 1.

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Roles
military
Era
The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Overview

Ma'qil ibn Qays al-Riyahi, one of the amirs of Ali ibn Abi Talib. 2

The Kharit

When Ziyad ibn Khasafa wrote to Ali with news of al-Kharit, Ma'qil stood up and said that those who sought these men should have had ten men in place of each one of them, because a numerous force holds out against a numerous force. 2

Ali sent him with two thousand men of the people of Kufa, and made him commander over an army that joined two thousand men of Basra. 2

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Participated in
Al-Khirit ibn Rashid's revolt (38–39 AH)
Related to
The police (shurta) under Ali

People and things also explored

Hisba (market supervision and enjoining good)· Ali's inquiry into a missing traveller and his wealth· Abu al-Hayyaj al-Asadi· al-Khirit ibn Rashid al-Naji· The police (shurta) under Ali· Al-Khirit ibn Rashid's revolt (38–39 AH)

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 716
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.716
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People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story. Related

Hisba (market supervision and enjoining good)

An administrative and juristic institution of the Islamic state, rooted in enjoining good and forbidding wrong. The holder, the muhtasib, supervises markets, weights and measures, public morals and fraud in sales. The editors of Maʿalim al-Qurba note that the rightly guided caliphs held it themselves at first, then appointed deputies as the conquests grew.