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Maysara ibn Masruq al-Absi

ميسرة بن مسروق العبسي

Maysara ibn Masruq al-Absi, raiding commander of Abu Ubayda; in al-Baladhuri: some hold he was the first to cut the Darb — the Baghras pass — sent by Abu Ubayda, meeting a Byzantine gathering with musta'riba of Ghassan, Tanukh and Iyad bound for Heraclius, whom he shattered with a great slaughter, or by another report reaching Zanda; against those who make the first crosser Umayr ibn Sa'd on Jabala's affair or Abu Ubayda himself.

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Maysara ibn Masruq al-Absi, one of the commanders of the detachments of Abu Ubayda. Al-Baladhuri says that some counted him as the first to cross the road, that is, the Darb Baghras. 1

The detachment

Abu Ubayda sent him, and he met a band of Romans with Arabized Ghassanids, Tanukh and Iyad, who wanted to join Heraclius. He struck them and killed a great slaughter among them. It is said that he reached Zanda. 1

Disagreement among reports

This view is contradicted by those who make the first to cut the road 'Umayr ibn Sa'd in the affair of Jabala, or Abu Ubayda himself. 1

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Participated in
The First Crossing of the Darb· The Conquest of the Jazira

People and things also explored

The Conquest of Syria· The Conquest of Harran· The Conquest of Hit and the Euphrates Forts· The Taking and Settling of Mar'ash· The Conquest of al-Raqqa· The Conquest of Ra's al-Ayn· The Conquest of Edessa (al-Ruha)· The Conquest of Shimshat

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.224-225
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