al-Mundhir ibn al-Jarud al-Abdi

المنذر بن الجارود العبدي

Al-Mundhir ibn al-Jarud al-Abdi (may God be pleased with him); he spoke to Mu'awiya about digging the Tharr canal, so the letter went to Ziyad and the Ma'qil canal was dug, as they tell it.

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Al-Mundhir ibn al-Jarud al-Abdi, one of the men of the Umayyad period. Al-Baladhuri says that he spoke to Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan about digging the river "Thar", and Mu'awiya wrote to Ziyad, and the river of Ma'qil was dug, "so they say". 1

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al-Mundhir ibn al-Jarud's Conquest of Qusdar

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Sinan ibn Salama ibn al-Muhabbiq al-Hudhali· Qusdar· al-Mundhir ibn al-Jarud's Conquest of Qusdar

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