Uzra ibn Qays

عزرة بن قيس

Uzra ibn Qays al-Bahili — some read Uraza; Umar's governor of Hulwan who tried Shahrazur and failed, before Utba ibn Farqad took it.

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The Rashidun Caliphate
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Uzra ibn Qays al-Bajali, also called Urza, governor of Hulwan in the caliphate of Umar 1.

Shahrazur

al-Baladhuri reports that he tried to conquer Shahrazur and could not. It was conquered after him by Utba ibn Farqad. The data links him with the conquest of Shahrazur 1.

He may be the same person as Uzra ibn Qays al-Bajali. This needs an additional source.

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Conquest of Shahrazur, al-Samaghan and Darabadh

People and things also explored

Utba ibn Farqad al-Sulami· Shahrazur· Conquest of Shahrazur, al-Samaghan and Darabadh

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Utba ibn Farqad al-Sulami

Commander of the Jazira conquests; in al-Baladhuri he opened al-Tirhan and Mosul and enforced for Tikrit's people the safe-conduct document written them by al-Tusayr and Hudhayfa ibn Mihsan.