al-Zubayr as a Model of Opposition in Early Islamic Society" | One of Tariq's first actions was his dispatch of horsemen against the Zubayrid commander Abu Bakr ibn Abi Qays who had previously killed an Umayyad commander and his men |
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SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies | When the first Muslims reached Egypt in April, 641 AD, they camped near the Byzantine Papillion fort and, and after their settlement the same site was chosen to set up their new capital al-Fustat |
685—705 and took part in the suppression and execution of the latter's kinsman and claimant to the throne, in 689.
13He was instructed to guard the southern approaches of Umayyad Syria, check the influence of the Zubayrid governors of Medina, and and otherwise remain on standby | He was a non-Arab Muslim convert and freedman of Caliph r |
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Albany, New York: State University of New York Press | The building was a single area building with no court, no plaster, no minaret, no floor paving, nor decorations |