• Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri (Arabic: بلج بن بشر القشيري) was an Umayyad military commander in the Maghreb (North Africa) and al-Andalus (Iberia), and briefly...
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    governor's forces defeated the attack on Cordoba, and Balj defeated the attack on the strait. After this, Balj seized power by marching on Cordoba and executing...
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  • were to be picked up from Egypt. Caliph Hisham designated Kulthum's nephew Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri as his lieutenant and successor should anything befall...
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  • 3,000 to be picked up in Egypt. Caliph Hisham appointed Kulthum's nephew Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri as his lieutenant and designated successor, and the...
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  • successor, Balj.[citation needed] The Syrian army was defeated and Kulthum killed by the Berber rebels at the Battle of Bagdoura in October 741. Balj ibn Bishr...
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    Onon-Balj National Park (Mongolian: Онон Балж) covers two sectors of the Onon River valley as it flows north from Mongolia into Russia. The region is in...
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    through Töv. A little further east is the spring of the Onon River. The Onon-Balj National Park is located in the northeast of the aimag. * - including Berkh...
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    march against the strongholds of Toledo, Córdoba, and Algeciras. In 741, Balj b. Bishr led a detachment of some 10,000 Arab troops across the straits....
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    and then, under the command of Abu Hamzah al-Mukhtar ibn Awf al-Azdi and Balj ibn Uqbah al-Azdi, seize control of the cities of Mecca and Medina and threaten...
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  • by his adversary Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri as allies to quash the rebellion, thus putting down the uprisings. However, ultimately Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri...
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    Kulthum ibn Iyad al-Qasi perished in the field, his nephew and successor Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri was holed up with the remnant of the army in Spain...
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    Delun-Boldog, is a tourist attraction located in Dadal, Khentii, in Onon-Balj National Park, Mongolia. It is one of several locations that is considered...
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    al-Mausili, 734–41. (Berber Revolt begins 740) Kulthum ibn Iyad al-Qushayri, 741 Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri (de jure, in Córdoba) and Abd al-Rahman ibn Uqba al-Ghifari...
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    during the Abbasid Revolution, an army of ten thousand under a certain Balj marched to al-Andalus to support the Umayyad emir Abd ar-Rahman I. Shane...
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  • Shimr's grandson al-Sumayl ibn Hatim was a commander in the Umayyad army of Balj ibn Bishr sent against the Berber Revolt in North Africa in 742 and became...
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  • ibn Abd Allah Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Malik Uqba ibn al-Hajjaj Abd al-Malik Balj ibn Bishr Thalaba ibn Salama Abu'l-Khattar al-Husam Tuwaba ibn Salama Abd...
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  • ibn Abd Allah Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Malik Uqba ibn al-Hajjaj Abd al-Malik Balj ibn Bishr Thalaba ibn Salama Abu'l-Khattar al-Husam Tuwaba ibn Salama Abd...
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  • elite Syrian army was given to Kulthum's nephew and designated successor, Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri, and the vice-command to the designated second successor...
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  • ibn Abd Allah Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Malik Uqba ibn al-Hajjaj Abd al-Malik Balj ibn Bishr Thalaba ibn Salama Abu'l-Khattar al-Husam Tuwaba ibn Salama Abd...
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  • ibn Abd Allah Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Malik Uqba ibn al-Hajjaj Abd al-Malik Balj ibn Bishr Thalaba ibn Salama Abu'l-Khattar al-Husam Tuwaba ibn Salama Abd...
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    the chestnut and the leaf there are two curves that represent the hill of Balj, where one could find these precious fruits — chestnuts. On the top is the...
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    ibn Abd Allah Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Malik Uqba ibn al-Hajjaj Abd al-Malik Balj ibn Bishr Thalaba ibn Salama Abu'l-Khattar al-Husam Tuwaba ibn Salama Abd...
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    ibn Abd Allah Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Malik Uqba ibn al-Hajjaj Abd al-Malik Balj ibn Bishr Thalaba ibn Salama Abu'l-Khattar al-Husam Tuwaba ibn Salama Abd...
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    ibn Abd Allah Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Malik Uqba ibn al-Hajjaj Abd al-Malik Balj ibn Bishr Thalaba ibn Salama Abu'l-Khattar al-Husam Tuwaba ibn Salama Abd...
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    ibn Abd Allah Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Malik Uqba ibn al-Hajjaj Abd al-Malik Balj ibn Bishr Thalaba ibn Salama Abu'l-Khattar al-Husam Tuwaba ibn Salama Abd...
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    (e.g., [kɑlʲːɑnʲ]), but other areas only palatalize the main syllable ([bɑlʲ]). Voiceless stops (/p, t, k/) have become voiced ([b, d, ɡ]) intervocalically...
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  • December 740 Abd al-Malik ibn Katan al-Fihri, December 740 – March 742 (*) Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri, March 742 – August 742 (**/***, technically also governor...
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    Khan (Chinggis Khaan). Dadal is located just to the south of the huge Onon-Balj National Park. The area and its people are well described in Chapter 3 (p...
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    of Hexham (or 740) Áed Balb mac Indrechtaig, king of Connacht (Ireland) Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri, Arab general and governor Cathal mac Finguine, king...
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    ibn Abd Allah Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Malik Uqba ibn al-Hajjaj Abd al-Malik Balj ibn Bishr Thalaba ibn Salama Abu'l-Khattar al-Husam Tuwaba ibn Salama Abd...
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