Shurayh ibn Hani' al-Harithi

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Era: The Umayyad Period
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Shurayh ibn Hani al-Harithi. al-Baladhuri reports that Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Bakra made peace with Ratbil for five hundred thousand dirhams and three of his sons as hostages. Shurayh said to him: "Fear God and fight these people, for if you do what you want, you will weaken Islam on this frontier." Then they fought, and Shurayh charged and was killed ¹.

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Participated in: Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra's Second Disaster

People and things also explored

Rutbil (the Zunbil)· Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra· Sijistan· Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra's Second Disaster

Sources

Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)

Asma al-Matalib fi Sirat Ali ibn Abi Talib, vol. 1 — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi

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Rutbil (the Zunbil)

Rutbil, king of the Zabils; after the Kabul Shah expelled the Muslims he took Zabulistan and Rukhkhaj to Bust, where al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad routed him and pursued to Rukhkhaj; later he sued Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra at Barzan for peace over his land and Kabul's — settled at a million dirhams, ratified by Ziyad.