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Siraf

سيراف

Siraf on Fars's coast; in one telling its Surayanj fort is where the Muslim slave's arrow-aman was written, which Umar ordered honored — others call it Shahrij.

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Siraf is a land on the coast of Fars. According to one report, its fort named Suryanj is the one from which Abd Muslim wrote a safe conduct to its people and threw it to them on an arrow, and Umar ordered it carried out. It is also said that the fort was Shahriyaj, according to al-Baladhuri. 1

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

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