Английская Википедия:Al-Harith ibn Abd Allah al-Azdi

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Шаблон:Short description Al-Harith ibn Abd Allah al-Azdi, also referred to in sources as al-Harith ibn Abd, al-Harith ibn Amr or al-Harith ibn Abd Amr (Шаблон:Floruit) was the Umayyad governor of Basra for four months in early 665 under Caliph Mu'awiya I (Шаблон:Reign). Later, he served as the governor of his home territory of Palestine and/or the commander of Palestine's troops in the mid-670s.

Life

He was a tribesman of the Azd from Palestine,Шаблон:Sfn where the Azd made up a significant proportion of the district's Arab population.Шаблон:Sfn

In the spring of 665 Mu'awiya appointed al-Harith as governor of Basra in place of Abd Allah ibn Amir. Al-Harith made Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn Ghaylan the head of his shurta (select troops). According to al-Tabari (d. 923), al-Harith had been appointed by Mu'awiya as a placeholder to make way for Ziyad ibn Abihi, who became governor four months after al-Harith.Шаблон:Sfn

The historians Patricia Crone and Moshe Gil identified him as the "Harith ibn Abd" mentioned as the governor of Palestine under the Umayyad caliph Mu'awiya I (Шаблон:Reign) in the Arabic and Greek papyri of Nitzana, dated to October 674–February 677.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The traditional Muslim sources mention him as the commander of the troops of Palestine under Mu'awiya.Шаблон:Sfn

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