At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Ratbil, king of the Zabulis, who held Zabulistan and al-Rukhkh until he reached Bust, as al-Baladhuri reports 1.
With the Muslims
After Kabul Shah had driven the Muslims out of Kabul, al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad fought him at Bust, defeated him, and pursued him to al-Rukhkh. He then sent to Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Bakra asking for peace. It was concluded for a million dirhams, and Ziyad confirmed it 1.
al-Sallabi reports that Abd Allah ibn Umayya made peace with him for three hundred thousand dirhams, and was dismissed by Abd al-Malik for it. He reports that Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Bakra made peace with him on paying tribute for a time, and refused it at other times. al-Hajjaj advanced with an army of forty thousand in 80 AH 2.
Connections
- Participated in
- Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdallah ibn Amir's Sijistan· Abdullah ibn Umayya's Truce with the Second Rutbil· Ibn al-Ash'ath's End at Sijistan· Ma'n ibn Za'ida's Campaign on Rutbil· Qutayba's Coming to Sijistan· Rutbil's War and al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad· Rutbil's Refusal of the Governors' Tribute· Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra's Peace with Rutbil· Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra's Second Disaster
People and things also explored
Sijistan· Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra· Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdallah ibn Amir· Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath· Abdallah ibn Nashira al-Tamimi· Abdullah ibn Umayya· Abu Afra'a Umayr al-Mazini· al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad al-Harithi
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
- The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.87-88
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islam.museum contributors. “Rutbil (the Zunbil)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/rutbil/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.