Rufay' Abu al-Aliya al-Riyahi

رفيع أبو العالية الرياحي

c. 724 CE · 106 AH

Rufay' Abu al-Aliya al-Riyahi, a Riyah woman's mawla; he crossed the river with Sa'id ibn Uthman's army — 'Rufay' Abu al-Aliya: elevation and height'.

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Era
The Umayyad Period
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Life in time

625650675700725750775800 c. c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr · Abd al-Rahman ibn Ziyad ibn An'am · Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man ibn Thabit · Abu Qilaba al-Jarmi · A'isha bint Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas

Overview

Rufay' Abu al-Aliya al-Riyahi, a client of a woman of Banu Riyah, who was with Sa'id ibn Uthman when he crossed the river with his troops 1.

His death

al-Shirazi reports that he died in 106 AH, and it was also said 93 AH. The phrase "it was said" is a marker of doubt 2.

The disagreement over the year of death stands, and fixing it needs an additional source.

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Sa'id ibn Uthman and the Bukhara Host

People and things also explored

The Khatun of Bukhara· Sa'id ibn Uthman ibn Affan· Bukhara· Sa'id ibn Uthman and the Bukhara Host

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
  2. Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi)
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The Khatun of Bukhara

The Khatun, queen of Bukhara; her Turkish levies routed by Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad, she truced at a million and he entered Baykand. Under Sa'id ibn Uthman she broke covenant as the Sughd, Turks, Kish and Nasaf massed a hundred twenty thousand — broken, she gave hostages, renewed the peace, aided him on Samarqand, and sued for sulh again at Tirmidh.