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سوران

سوران

In al-Baladhuri: succeeded al-Mufarraj ibn Sallam in the Great Land and sent his envoy to al-Mutawakkil asking patent and letter of appointment; al-Mutawakkil died before the envoy reached him — one copy reads 'Sudan' — and the contract stayed until Wasif the caliph's mawla contracted and dispatched it in al-Musta'in's time.

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Sawran, a figure whom al-Baladhuri mentions in the report of the fortresses of al-Mufarraj 1.

His report in al-Baladhuri

He rose after al-Mufarraj ibn Salam in "the great land". He sent his envoy to al-Mutawakkil asking him for a charter and a letter of appointment, but al-Mutawakkil died before the envoy returned. The charter remained pending until Wasif, client of the Commander of the Faithful, granted it to him and enforced it in the time of al-Musta'in 1.

In one of the copies the name appears as "Sudan" 1.

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Participated in
al-Mufarraj ibn Sallam's Conquest of Twenty-Four Fortresses

People and things also explored

al-Mufarraj ibn Sallam· al-Mutawakkil ala Allah· Barah· al-Mufarraj ibn Sallam's Conquest of Twenty-Four Fortresses

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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al-Mufarraj ibn Sallam

In al-Baladhuri: succeeded Khalafun al-Barbari in the Great Land, opened twenty-four fortresses, wrote Egypt's postmaster asking the imam's contract over his district to leave the usurpers' state, built a congregational mosque, then his companions mutinied and killed him — one copy reads al-Mufarrikh.