Al-Baladhuri Quotes

ʾAḥmad ibn Yaḥyā al-Balādhurī was a 9th-century Muslim historian. One of the eminent Middle Eastern historians of his age, he spent most of his life in Baghdad and enjoyed great influence at the court of the caliph al-Mutawakkil. He traveled in Syria and Iraq, compiling information for his major works.

His full name was Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Jabir Al-Baladhuri , Balazry Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Jabir Abul Hasan or Abi al-Hassan Baladhuri. Wikipedia  

✵ 806 – 892
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Famous Al-Baladhuri Quotes

“The governors (who succeeded Qasim) continued to kill the enemy, taking whatever they could acquire…”

Al Biladuri, quoted from Lal, K. S. (1994). Muslim slave system in medieval India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 12

“He then went to Kandahar in boats and conquered it. He destroyed the Budd there, and built in its place a mosque.”

About Hasham bin ‘Amru al-Taghlabi in Kandahar (Maharashtra). Futuhu’l-Buldan by al-Biladhuri. cited in Elliot and Dowson, History of India as told by its own Historians, 8 Volumes, Allahabad Reprint, Vol. I, pp. 127.

“…Their idol of Zur was of gold, and its eyes were two rubies. The zealous Musalmans cut off its hands and plucked out its eyes, and then remarked to the Marzaban how powerless was his idol to do either good or evil…”

About Ibn Samurah at Seistan. Futuhu’l-Buldan by al-Biladhuri. in Elliot and Dowson, History of India as told by its own Historians, 8 Volumes, Allahabad Reprint, Vol. II, pp. 413-14.

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