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Sa'd ibn Amr ibn Haram al-Ansari

سعد بن عمرو بن حرام الأنصاري

Sa'd ibn Amr ibn Haram al-Ansari; in al-Baladhuri: Ammar ibn Yasir (may God be pleased with him) — then Umar's governor of Kufa — sent him at the head of an army raiding above al-Anbar, and the people of the Euphrates forts as far as Hit came to him seeking aman, which he granted, reserving half of Hit's church; others say Midlaj ibn Amr al-Sulami acted under him and it was he who took it and built al-Haditha.

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Sa'd ibn Amr ibn Haram al-Ansari was sent by Ammar ibn Yasir, governor of Kufa for Umar, at the head of an army to raid the territory beyond al-Anbar, according to al-Baladhuri 1.

Hit

The people of the fortresses of the Euphrates came to him as far as Hit and asked for safe conduct, and he granted it to them. He made an exception for the people of Hit, in that half of their church was to remain 1. See the conquest of Hit.

It is also said that Madhlaj ibn Amr al-Sulami had been there before him, and that he was the one who took charge of its conquest and built al-Hadithah 1.

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The Conquest of Hit and the Euphrates Forts· The Digging of the Anbar Canal

People and things also explored

The Conquest of the Jazira· al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi· al-Khayzuran, Mother of the Caliphs· Ammar ibn Yasir· Midlaj ibn Amr al-Sulami· Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas· Umayr ibn Sa'd al-Ansari· Hit

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.246
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In al-Baladhuri through the Raqqa judge Dawud ibn Abd al-Hamid's family from Maymun ibn Mihran: 'the whole Jazira is Iyad ibn Ghanm's conquest, after Abu Ubayda's death — Umar appointed him to it, Abu Ubayda having left him over Syria; Umar gave Syria to Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan then Mu'awiya after him and ordered Iyad to raid the Jazira'; Sulayman ibn Ata says Abu Ubayda dispatched him to the Jazira and died while he was there, Umar then confirming him; al-Waqidi's report — the soundest they had on him — is that Abu Ubayda died in the Amwas plague of year 18 having appointed Iyad, and Umar's letter reached him giving him Hims, Qinnasrin and the Jazira, so he marched for the Jazira on Thursday the middle of Sha'ban year 18 in five thousand, Maysara ibn Masruq al-Absi on the vanguard, Sa'id ibn Amir ibn Hudhaym al-Jumahi on the right wing and Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal al-Sulami on the left — some say Khalid ibn al-Walid held his left wing, some that Khalid marched under no banner after Abu Ubayda, staying at Hims till his death in year 21, or dying at Medina.