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Arran

أرّان

Arran, of the first Armenia's lands and then in Khazar hands; Qubadh ibn Fayruz's general trod it with twelve thousand, taking what lay between the river al-Rass and Shirwan, where Qubadh built al-Baylaqan, Bardha'a, Qabala and the wall of al-Lubn; Salman ibn Rabi'a al-Bahili was ordered by Uthman to raid it after the spoils affair at Qaliqala.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Aran: the first land of Armenia, which was in the hands of the Khazars, according to al-Baladhuri. The commander of Qubadh ibn Firuz set foot in it with twelve thousand men, and he conquered what lay between the river al-Ras and Shirwan. Qubadh built in it al-Bailaqan, Barada'a, Qibla and Sadd al-Laban. Salman ibn Rabi'a al-Bahili had been ordered by Uthman to raid it, after the order concerning the spoils at Qaliqala. 1

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Bugha al-Kabir's Pacification of the Armenian March· Salman al-Khayl's Campaign in Arran and the Caucasus
Part of
Armenia
Has part
Bardha'a (Partaw)

People and things also explored

Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah's Governorship of Armenia· Armenia's Rising under al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba· Jurzan (Kartli/Iberia)· Bugha al-Kabir's Pacification of the Armenian March· Salman al-Khayl's Campaign in Arran and the Caucasus· Armenia· Bardha'a (Partaw)· the Armenia–Azerbaijan treaty (25 AH)

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah's Governorship of Armenia

In al-Baladhuri: Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik gave Armenia to Adi ibn Adi ibn Amira al-Kindi — Adi ibn Amira being one of those who settled al-Raqqa having parted with Ali ibn Abi Talib — then Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz appointed him, he being the owner of the Nahr Adi at al-Baylaqan, though some say Umar's governor was Hatim ibn al-Nu'man, which is unsound; then Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik appointed Mi'laq ibn Saffar al-Bahrani, removed him for al-Harith ibn Amr al-Ta'i, who raided the Lakz and took Rustaq Hamsadan; and al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami of Mudhhij governed Armenia, settling at Bardha'a, where its conflicting measures and weights were laid before him and he set them on justice and fulness, making a measure called al-Jarrahi which its people deal by to this day; then he crossed the Kurr and marched until he passed the river called al-Samur, reaching the Khazars and killing them in a great slaughter, and fought the people of Bilad Hamzin, then compounded with them to transfer them to a rustaq.