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al-Sus al-Aqsa

السوس الأقصى

In al-Baladhuri: the farthest Sus at the Maghreb's far end; Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib ibn Abi Ubayda ibn Uqba ibn Nafi' raided to it under Abdallah ibn al-Habhab's governorship, together with the Sudan lands, triumphing as none had ever seen.

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Maghreb · West Africa & Sahel
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Upper Sus is the farthest of the Sus, in the farthest Maghrib, according to al-Baladhuri. Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib ibn Abi Ubayda ibn Uqba ibn Nafi sent a raid to it in the governorship of Abd Allah ibn al-Habhab, together with the land of the Sudan. He mentions that he gained a victory such as no one had seen the like of. 1

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Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib's Raid on Sus and the Sudan Lands

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Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri· Abdallah ibn al-Habhab· Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib's Raid on Sus and the Sudan Lands

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.324
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri

In al-Baladhuri: Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib ibn Abi Ubayda ibn Uqba ibn Nafi' al-Fihri — Abdallah ibn al-Habhab sent him raiding to Sus and the Sudan lands where he triumphed as none had ever seen, taking two girls of the single-breasted Tarajan women.