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Quhistan

قوهستان

Quhistan, the nearest city to the Tabasayn at Khurasan's gate; led there by al-Ahnaf ibn Qays, its people and the Hayatila — Turks, some say Persian outcasts exiled by Fayruz to Herat — met him and were routed.

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Quhistan is the city nearest to al-Tabasayn at the gate of Khurasan. Abd Allah ibn Amir and al-Ahnaf ibn Qays came to it, and they met the Hephthalites (al-Hayatila), who were Turks. It is also said that they were a people of Persia whom Firuz exiled to Herat. They became helpers of the Turks against the people of Quhistan, and the Muslims defeated them. 1

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Ibn Amir's Opening of Khurasan

People and things also explored

Abd Allah ibn Amir· al-Ahnaf ibn Qays· al-Aswad ibn Kulthum 'Adi al-Ribab'· Ibn Amir's Opening of Khurasan

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Abd Allah ibn Amir

He came to Basra in the year 30 AH, then went out to Fars and conquered it, and sent Mujashi' ibn Mas'ud in pursuit of Yazdegerd. The index records his march to Khurasan and the conquests he made there in 31 AH. According to al-Baladhuri, he came to Basra in the year 29, when all of Fars had been conquered except Istakhr and Jur.