Shurahbil ibn Simt
Shurahbil ibn al-Simt ibn al-Aswad al-Kindi (
Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan
during the latter's governorship of Syria (639–661) and caliphate (661–680).
Life
Shurahbil was the son of the
Battle of al-Qadisiyya in 636.[4] Following the victory over the Sasanians in Iraq, Shurahbil was appointed by Sa'd the governor of the Sasanian capital at Ctesiphon (al-Mada'in in Arabic).[5] He settled in the newly-established Arab garrison town of Kufa, but emerging as the weaker Kindite against al-Ash'ath in the rivalry for the leadership of the tribe in the city, he moved to join his father in Homs.[1]
After moving to
Abbasid rule, in the early 9th century.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Crone 1980, p. 101.
- ^ Friedmann 1992, pp. 17–18.
- ^ Friedmann 1992, p. 18.
- ^ Friedmann 1992, p. 17.
- ^ Friedmann 1992, p. 144.
- ^ Hawting 1996, pp. 24–25.
- ^ Crone 1980, p. 102.
Bibliography
- ISBN 0-521-52940-9.
- ISBN 978-0-7914-0733-2.
- ISBN 978-0-7914-2393-6.
