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Umayr ibn Wahb al-Jumahi

عمير بن وهب الجمحي

Umayr ibn Wahb al-Jumahi; he rode in al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (may God be pleased with him)'s reinforcement to Egypt, and after al-Fustat's fall Amr ibn al-As (may God be pleased with him) sent him to Tinnis, Dimyat, Tuna, Damira, Shata, Diqahla, Bana and Busir, whose villages compounded on Fustat's terms.

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The Rashidun Caliphate
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Umayr ibn Wahb al-Jumahi, who was in the army of al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, sent to Egypt 1.

Egypt

After the conquest of Fustat, Amr ibn al-As sent him to Tinnis, Damietta, Tuna, Dumayra, Shata, Daqahliyya, Bana and Busir. The people of their villages made peace with him on the same terms as the people of Fustat. See the conquest of Egypt 2.

The entry needs an additional source: the data does not detail his conversion.

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Conquest of Egypt and Alexandria· Amr's Four Lieutenants Carry the Fustat Terms through Egypt· Conversion of Umayr ibn Wahb

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Amr ibn al-As· Kharija ibn Hudhafa al-Adawi· The Battle of Badr· The Prophetic Era· Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As· Abdullah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi· Hayyan ibn Shurayh· Muhammad

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.299
  2. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.304
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Amr ibn al-As

A Meccan diplomat who opposed the Muslims until 629–630, then converted and became the commander who conquered Egypt — and later Mu'awiya's chief ally in the first civil war.