al-Dinawar

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Era: The Rashidun Caliphate
Region: Persia & Central Asia
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Overview

Dinawar: a city in the mountains. al-Baladhuri reports that Jarir ibn Abd Allah set out towards it but did not conquer it. ¹

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Site of: The battle of Dinawar between Sanjar and his nephews in 526· The Conquest of al-Dinawar, Masabadhan and Mihrajanqadhaf· Conquest of Dinawar and al-Saymara (21 AH)
Contains: The great earthquake of Dinawar

People and things also explored

Abu Musa al-Ashari· al-Sa'ib ibn al-Aqra'· السلطان مسعود بن محمد بن ملكشاه· السلطان سنجر بن ملكشاه· Masabadhan· The battle of Dinawar between Sanjar and his nephews in 526· Conquest of Dinawar and al-Saymara (21 AH)· The Conquest of al-Dinawar, Masabadhan and Mihrajanqadhaf

Sources

Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.423

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islam.museum contributors. “al-Dinawar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/dinawar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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Abu Musa al-Ashari

Companion from the Ashari tribe, a client of the family of Utba ibn Rabi'a; came to the Prophet on the two ships from Abyssinia. Known as a jurist, expert Qur'an reciter and governor of Basra and Kufa under Umar.