Musa ibn Ka'b al-Tamimi · Islam Museum

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Era: The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Musa ibn Ka'b al-Tamimi. Al-Baladhuri says that Abu Muslim appointed him and sent him to Sind, where he defeated Mansur ibn Jumhur and his army and killed his brother, and Mansur died of thirst in the sand. ¹

He then governed Sind, rebuilt al-Mansura and added to its mosque, and campaigned and conquered. ¹

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Participated in: Mughallis Slain and Musa ibn Ka'b's Sind

People and things also explored

Mansur ibn Jawhur al-Kalbi· Mughallis al-Abdi· al-Mansura· Mughallis Slain and Musa ibn Ka'b's Sind

Sources

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

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Mansur ibn Jawhur al-Kalbi

Mansur ibn Jawhur al-Kalbi; he killed Abu Muslim's Sind agent Mughallis and routed his army — then Musa ibn Ka'b broke him, slew his brother, and drove him to a thirst-death in the sands.