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Salman ibn Rabi'a al-Bahili

سلمان بن ربيعة الباهلي

Salman ibn Rabi'a al-Bahili; in al-Baladhuri: it is said he was in Abu Ubayda's army with Abu Umama al-Suddi ibn Ajlan, companion of the Messenger of God ﷺ, and lodged at a fortress in Qurus that was named after him — known as Hisn Salman — then returned from Syria among the reinforcements sent to Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas in Iraq; others say he raided the Byzantines after Iraq's conquest and before his march on Armenia, camping by this fortress which he had reached from the Mar'ash side, whence the name; yet others hold that this Salman — with Ziyad — was of the Saqaliba whom Marwan ibn Muhammad stationed in the marches, and that the fortress was named for that man; God knows best.

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Salman ibn Rabi'a al-Bahili. al-Baladhuri mentions him in two places in Futuh al-Buldan 1.

In al-Baladhuri

al-Baladhuri reports (p.361) that he raided Syria with Abu Umama al-Sudayy ibn Ajlan al-Bahili (may God be pleased with him) (may God be pleased with him), then went out to Iraq with reinforcements for al-Qadisiyya, stayed in Kufa, and was killed at Balanjar. He cites al-Waqidi for a report of his attack on a group of non-Arabs and his seizure of their banner.

Elsewhere (p.204) al-Baladhuri says it was said that he was in the army of Abu Ubayda and settled in a fortress at Qawrus known as the Fortress of Salman. It was also said that he raided the Byzantines after the conquest of Iraq, and that he was one of the Saqaliba whom Marwan ibn Muhammad had stationed on the frontiers. Then al-Baladhuri adds: "God knows best".

The reports conflict, and the entry needs an additional source.

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The Defeat at Balanjar (32 AH)· The Death of Salman al-Khayl at Balanjar· Salman al-Khayl's Reinforcement and the Spoils Dispute· Salman al-Khayl's Campaign in Arran and the Caucasus

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The Death of Salman al-Khayl at Balanjar· Salman al-Khayl's Campaign in Arran and the Caucasus· The Khazars· Abd al-Rahman ibn Rabia· al-Walid ibn Uqba ibn Abi Mu'ayt· Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri· Sa'id ibn al-As ibn Sa'id ibn al-As ibn Umayya· Uthman ibn Affan

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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The Death of Salman al-Khayl at Balanjar

In al-Baladhuri: the Khaqan met him with his horse beyond the river Balanjar, and he was killed among four thousand Muslims, the takbir heard in their defile; Salman ibn Rabi'a had been the first man appointed judge of Kufa — he sat forty days without a litigant coming to him — and had transmitted from Umar ibn al-Khattab; of Salman and Qutayba ibn Muslim, Ibn Jamana al-Bahili says: 'two graves are ours — a grave at Balanjar, and a grave in the lands of Spain's like (Transoxiana): that one whose conquests filled China, and this one watered by the rain-clouds' paths'; with Salman at Balanjar was Qurda ibn Ka'b al-Ansari, who brought word of his death to Uthman.