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Era: The Rashidun Caliphate · The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region: Persia & Central Asia
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Qashan is a city in the mountains. Al-Baladhuri relates that al-Ahnaf ibn Qays, who is al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Tamimi, conquered it by force as an envoy of Abu Musa. ¹

An additional source is needed: the date is not established.

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Site of: The Conquest of Qumm and Qashan

People and things also explored

Abu Musa al-Ashari· al-Ahnaf ibn Qays· Qumm· The Conquest of Qumm and Qashan

Sources

Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)

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islam.museum contributors. “Qashan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/qashan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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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.