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After his death, the Khazars reportedly kept his body in a cauldron and venerated it, claiming that it could be used to bring rain or drought, and ensured victory in war. In later local tradition, Abd al-Rahman and Salman became known as Ibrahim and Salman Bahili, who in 661/2 fought against the
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region. In the sources, his activities there are often confused with those of Salman, who also served in the area. In 642, he led the vanguard of Suraqa ibn Amr, who was charged with the conquest of the strategically located Persian fortress of
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to the north. Against the advice of Shahrbaraz, over the following years, he led raids north of Derbent, into the vicinity of the Khazar town of
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In 652, he led a major assault on Balanjar, and besieged the city. Abd al-Rahman and his army were met by a large Khazar force and were
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Suraqa died soon after, and Abd al-Rahman remained in command at Derbent, which became an Arab base of operations against the powerful
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From 642 until his death in 652, Abd al-Rahman was active in the Muslim advances into the
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under the command of his brother, Salman. This defeat marked the end of the
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tax. The proposal was accepted and ratified by Caliph
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Index

Balanjar
Rashidun Caliphate
Muslim conquest of Persia
Arab–Khazar wars
Salman ibn Rabiah
Arabic
Arab
Rashidun Caliphate
First Arab–Khazar War
Bahila
Salman ibn Rabi'a
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas
Battle of Qadisiyya
Sassanid Persians
qadi
garrison town
Kufa
Caucasus
Derbent
History of the Prophets and Kings
al-Tabari
jizya
Umar
Khazar
Khaganate
Balanjar
North Caucasus
annihilated
Derbent
First Arab–Khazar War

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