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Al Muhallab ibn Abi Suffrah ( - c. 702
702

Events...
), originally from Dibba
Dibba

Dibba ,, sometimes spelled Diba or Daba, is a coastal region at the northeastern tip of the UAE/Oman peninsula on the Gulf of Oman. Dibba consists of three parts:...
, also known as Mohalib, was an Azd
Azd

The Azd or Al Azd, are an Arabian tribe. They were a branch of the Kahlan tribe, which was one of the two branches of Qahtanite the other being Himyar....
i Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 an eminent military commander in Persia and Arabia. He was a governor of Basra
Basra

Al-Ba?rah is the capital of Basra Province, and had an estimated population of 1,052,200 as of 2003. Basra is also Iraq's main port. The city is the historic location of Sumer, the home of Sinbad the Sailor, and a proposed location of the Garden of Eden....
 and then Khorasan
Khorasan

Khorasan Khorasan is famous world wide for its saffron and Berberis#Zereshk which are produced in the southern cities of the province. Production is more than 170 tons per year....
 during the Umayyad caliphate under whom he became the leader of some of the conquests of Khorasan
Khorasan

Khorasan Khorasan is famous world wide for its saffron and Berberis#Zereshk which are produced in the southern cities of the province. Production is more than 170 tons per year....
, Kirman and the first exploratory Islamic forays into the Indian frontier. Under him the conquest of Makran
Makran

Makran is a semi-desert coastal strip in the south of Balochistan , in Iran and Pakistan, along the coast of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman....
, where susbstantial Azdi were settled, was consolidated and military incursions into Sindh
Sindh

Sindh is one of the four Subdivisions of Pakistan of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. Different cultural and ethnic groups also reside in Sindh including Urdu-speaking Muslim refugees who migrated to Pakistan from India upon independence as well as the people migrated from other provinces after independence....
 penetrating up to Multan
Multan

is a city in the Punjab of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province. Multan District has a population of over 3.8 million and the city itself is the sixth largest within the boundaries of Pakistan....
, in the Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)

The Punjab...
 in present day Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
, carried out.






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Al Muhallab ibn Abi Suffrah ( - c. 702
702

Events...
), originally from Dibba
Dibba

Dibba ,, sometimes spelled Diba or Daba, is a coastal region at the northeastern tip of the UAE/Oman peninsula on the Gulf of Oman. Dibba consists of three parts:...
, also known as Mohalib, was an Azd
Azd

The Azd or Al Azd, are an Arabian tribe. They were a branch of the Kahlan tribe, which was one of the two branches of Qahtanite the other being Himyar....
i Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 an eminent military commander in Persia and Arabia. He was a governor of Basra
Basra

Al-Ba?rah is the capital of Basra Province, and had an estimated population of 1,052,200 as of 2003. Basra is also Iraq's main port. The city is the historic location of Sumer, the home of Sinbad the Sailor, and a proposed location of the Garden of Eden....
 and then Khorasan
Khorasan

Khorasan Khorasan is famous world wide for its saffron and Berberis#Zereshk which are produced in the southern cities of the province. Production is more than 170 tons per year....
 during the Umayyad caliphate under whom he became the leader of some of the conquests of Khorasan
Khorasan

Khorasan Khorasan is famous world wide for its saffron and Berberis#Zereshk which are produced in the southern cities of the province. Production is more than 170 tons per year....
, Kirman and the first exploratory Islamic forays into the Indian frontier. Under him the conquest of Makran
Makran

Makran is a semi-desert coastal strip in the south of Balochistan , in Iran and Pakistan, along the coast of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman....
, where susbstantial Azdi were settled, was consolidated and military incursions into Sindh
Sindh

Sindh is one of the four Subdivisions of Pakistan of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. Different cultural and ethnic groups also reside in Sindh including Urdu-speaking Muslim refugees who migrated to Pakistan from India upon independence as well as the people migrated from other provinces after independence....
 penetrating up to Multan
Multan

is a city in the Punjab of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province. Multan District has a population of over 3.8 million and the city itself is the sixth largest within the boundaries of Pakistan....
, in the Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)

The Punjab...
 in present day Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
, carried out. His army's head-quarters where at Khorasan
Khorasan

Khorasan Khorasan is famous world wide for its saffron and Berberis#Zereshk which are produced in the southern cities of the province. Production is more than 170 tons per year....
, in the north-east of modern Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
.

Career


In Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 under the Zubayrids
Ibn al-Zubair's revolt

Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr's revolt was directed against Yazid I following the Battle of Karbala.Ibn al-Zubayr was not active in politics during the reign of Muawiyah I, but upon the ascension of Yazid I, he refused to swear allegiance to the new caliph....
 governor of Basra
Basra

Al-Ba?rah is the capital of Basra Province, and had an estimated population of 1,052,200 as of 2003. Basra is also Iraq's main port. The city is the historic location of Sumer, the home of Sinbad the Sailor, and a proposed location of the Garden of Eden....
, Mus'ab bin al-Zubayr, Al Muhallab was entrusted with suppressing the rising of the Azariqa Kharijites by and when the Umayyads came to power in Iraq, he transferred his allegiance to them. Under Al-Hajjaj, he pushed them out from Iraq to Siwistan so that by the end of the seventh century they were no longer a threat to the central authorities. He was also involved in containing a second Kharijite uprising to the North of Kufa
Kufa

Kufa is a city in Iraq, about 170 km south of Baghdad, and 10 km northeast of Najaf. It is located on the banks of the Euphrates River. The estimated population in 2003 was 110,000....
 led by Shabib bin Yazid, which he eventually defeated in 697 CE. In 698 he was made governor of Khorasan
Khorasan

Khorasan Khorasan is famous world wide for its saffron and Berberis#Zereshk which are produced in the southern cities of the province. Production is more than 170 tons per year....
 by Al-Hajjaj until his death when he was succeeded by his son Yazid ibn al-Muhallab
Yazid ibn al-Muhallab

Yazid ibn al-Muhallab was a provincial governor in the time of the Umayyad dynasty.In A.H. 78 Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef appointed al-Muhallab Khurasan's governor....
. The rise of the Muhallabids
Muhallabids (clan)

Muhallabids are the kinsmen or clients of Al Muhallab ibn Abi Suffrah. They rose to power in service to the Umayyads before coming crashing down in political struggle with the Caliph Yazid II in 720 CE....
 and the "southern azdis" in Khorasan as at Basra
Basra

Al-Ba?rah is the capital of Basra Province, and had an estimated population of 1,052,200 as of 2003. Basra is also Iraq's main port. The city is the historic location of Sumer, the home of Sinbad the Sailor, and a proposed location of the Garden of Eden....
 is linked to their alliance with the Rabi'a against the Mudar.

See also


  • Muhammad bin Qasim
    Muhammad bin Qasim

    Muhammad bin Qasim Al-Thaqafi was an Umayyad general who conquered the Sindh and Punjab regions along the Indus River . He was born in the city of Taif ....
  • Yazid ibn al-Muhallab
    Yazid ibn al-Muhallab

    Yazid ibn al-Muhallab was a provincial governor in the time of the Umayyad dynasty.In A.H. 78 Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef appointed al-Muhallab Khurasan's governor....


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