At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
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Overview
Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath ibn Qays al-Kindi. Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad appointed him over Tabaristan, and he made peace with its people and drew up a covenant for them. They gave him time until he had entered, then they seized the passes against him and killed his son Abu Bakr, but he escaped. 1
According to al-Mas'udi, Ibn Ziyad asked him about Muslim ibn Aqil at the house of Hani ibn Urwa, and he denied it. Then he granted him safe conduct when he fought alone, and took his sword and weapons. Al-Mas'udi cites a line of a poet who reproaches him for this. 2
Connections
- Participated in
- Ibn al-Ash'ath's Tabaristan Campaign
People and things also explored
Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad· Tabaristan· Ibn al-Ash'ath's Tabaristan Campaign
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.56-57
- The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002)
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islam.museum contributors. “Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Kindi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-ibn-al-ashath-al-kindi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.