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al-Tabasayn

الطبسين

al-Tabasayn — the twin fortresses Tabas and Qurayn, a palm-bearing jurm that is the gate of Khurasan; raided by Abdallah ibn Budayl for Abu Musa, then truced before Umar at sixty or seventy-five thousand under a writ, a peace Ibn Amir confirmed when he marched on Khurasan.

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al-Tabasayn: two fortresses, one of which is called Tabas and the other Qarin. They are a mass of land with palm trees in it, and they are the gate of Khurasan. Abd Allah ibn Badil ibn Warqa al-Khuza'i reached them on a raid sent from Abu Musa and took booty. 1

The peace

People of the two fortresses came to Umar and made peace with him for sixty thousand, or, it is said, seventy-five thousand, and he wrote them a letter. Abd Allah ibn Amir confirmed their peace when he raided Khurasan. 1

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The Tabasayn Treaty — Khurasan's Gate

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Abdallah ibn Budayl· The Tabasayn Treaty — Khurasan's Gate

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Abdallah ibn Budayl

Abdallah ibn Budayl ibn Warqa' al-Khuza'i; in al-Baladhuri sent by Umar to Isbahan in 23 — took Jayy by treaty after fighting, dueled and honored the fleeing marzban al-Fadhusfan, secured jizya for his townspeople, mastered Isbahan's land and tasasij, and set its kharaj on al-Ahwaz's model.