Umm Muhammad bint Abdallah al-Thaqafiyya

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Umm Muhammad bint Abd Allah ibn Uthman ibn Abi al-As al-Thaqafi, the wife of Salm ibn Ziyad ¹.

Crossing the river

She crossed the river with her husband into Khurasan. al-Baladhuri reports that she was the first Arab woman to cross it. She bore him a son whom he named al-Sughdi ¹.

She borrowed the jewellery of the wife of the lord of Sughd, then went back and returned it, and she took her away ¹.

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Participated in: Salm ibn Ziyad's Khurasan

People and things also explored

A'sha Hamdan· Bandun the Sughdi· Sallam ibn Ziyad· Salm ibn Ziyad's Khurasan

Sources

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

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