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Madinat al-Fil is the most fortified of the cities of Khwarazm, according to the source. The source quotes Ali ibn Mujahid as saying that it is Samarkand. 1
The conquest
The source says that Umayya ibn Abd Allah ibn Khalid ibn Usayd conquered it, and then its people broke their agreement. Yazid ibn al-Muhallab wanted to take it but could not, and then Qutayba ibn Muslim conquered it. The source quotes Ka'b al-Ashari on this. 1
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People and things also explored
قتيبة بن مسلم الباهلي· يزيد بن المهلب· Qutayba's Conquest of Madinat al-Fil
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Madinat al-Fil”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/madinat-al-fil/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.