Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Overview
Ayn Shams: one of the villages of Egypt. After the conquest of Fustat, Amr ibn al-As sent Abd Allah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi to it. He settled on its land, and made peace with the people of its villages on the same terms as the judgement of Fustat, according to al-Baladhuri. 1
It is a site in the accounts of the four commanders of Amr in Egypt.
Connections
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi· Amr ibn al-As· Kharija ibn Hudhafa al-Adawi· Umayr ibn Wahb al-Jumahi· Utba ibn Amir al-Juhani· Wardan, Amr's Mawla· Al-Fayyum· Damietta
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.304
- al-Farghani, Elementa astronomica (Golius, Amsterdam 1669)
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islam.museum contributors. “Ayn Shams”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/ayn-shams/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.