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al-Jund

الجند

A populated fortress with people of Khawlan and wells, on the road from al-Thajja to Sanaa. 1

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al-Jund: a populous fortress in which there are people of Khawlan and wells of water. It lies on the road from al-Thajja to Sana'a. 2

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Ruled by
Said ibn Sa'd ibn Ubada al-Ansari

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Said ibn Sa'd ibn Ubada al-Ansari

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 152
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.152
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Said ibn Sa'd ibn Ubada al-Ansari

An Ansari whom the book lists as Ali's governor of al-Jund. The passage does not say which jund is meant, nor give the dates of his office.