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Midlaj ibn Amr al-Sulami

مذلاج بن عمرو السلمي

Midlaj ibn Amr al-Sulami, confederate of Banu Abd Shams and a man of companionship; in al-Baladhuri from certain scholars: he it was who went against Hit and the forts beyond out of Kufa, taking it and building al-Haditha on the Euphrates — his descendants at Hit including a man called Abu Harun still remembered there — or, it is said, he acted under Sa'd ibn Amr ibn Haram.

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The Rashidun Caliphate
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Midlaj ibn Amr al-Sulami, an ally of the Banu Abd Shams. Al-Baladhuri says that he had companionship with the Prophet ﷺ. 1

Hit

Al-Baladhuri relays from some people of knowledge that he set out from Kufa toward Hit and the fortresses beyond it, took charge of its conquest, and built al-Hadītha on the Euphrates. 1

His son settled in Hit, and among them remained a man known as Abu Harun. It is said that he came from the side of Sa'd ibn Amr ibn Haram. 1

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The Conquest of Hit and the Euphrates Forts

People and things also explored

The Conquest of the Jazira· Ammar ibn Yasir· Sa'd ibn Amr ibn Haram al-Ansari· Umayr ibn Sa'd al-Ansari· Hit· The Conquest of Hit and the Euphrates Forts

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.246
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The Conquest of the Jazira

In al-Baladhuri through the Raqqa judge Dawud ibn Abd al-Hamid's family from Maymun ibn Mihran: 'the whole Jazira is Iyad ibn Ghanm's conquest, after Abu Ubayda's death — Umar appointed him to it, Abu Ubayda having left him over Syria; Umar gave Syria to Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan then Mu'awiya after him and ordered Iyad to raid the Jazira'; Sulayman ibn Ata says Abu Ubayda dispatched him to the Jazira and died while he was there, Umar then confirming him; al-Waqidi's report — the soundest they had on him — is that Abu Ubayda died in the Amwas plague of year 18 having appointed Iyad, and Umar's letter reached him giving him Hims, Qinnasrin and the Jazira, so he marched for the Jazira on Thursday the middle of Sha'ban year 18 in five thousand, Maysara ibn Masruq al-Absi on the vanguard, Sa'id ibn Amir ibn Hudhaym al-Jumahi on the right wing and Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal al-Sulami on the left — some say Khalid ibn al-Walid held his left wing, some that Khalid marched under no banner after Abu Ubayda, staying at Hims till his death in year 21, or dying at Medina.