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Jabal al-Zur

جبل الزور

Jabal al-Zur in the Dawar country toward Kabul; Ibn Samura bottled its folk there, truced, and entered on the gold ruby-eyed Zur idol — cutting its hand and taking the rubies to show it 'neither harms nor benefits'.

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Mount al-Zur is a mountain in the land of the Dawar, in the districts of Kabul. The sources report that Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura besieged its people in it, and they made peace with him. He entered al-Zur, which was an idol of gold with two rubies for eyes, cut off its hand and took the two rubies. He told its keeper that he wanted to show him that it neither harms nor benefits. 1

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Ibn Samura's Campaign and the Zur Idol

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Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura· Ibn Samura's Campaign and the Zur Idol

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Jabal al-Zur”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/jabal-al-zur/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura ibn Habib ibn Abd Shams; Ibn Amir's governor of Sijistan — Zaranj's marzban truced under feast-day siege for two million and two thousand wadif; he conquered to Kish and the Dawar country, trapped them in Jabal al-Zur, cut the hand off the gold ruby-eyed Zur idol and took its eyes: 'yours — I meant to show you it neither harms nor benefits'; Bust and Zabil by compact.