Al-Harith ibn Abd Allah al-Azdi

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 was the Umayyad governor of Basra for four months in early 665 under Caliph Mu'awiya I. Later, he served as the governor of his home territory of Palestine and/or the commander of Palestine's troops in the mid-670s.

Maydaa

Maydaa is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Douma District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located east of Damascus. Nearby localities include Adra to the north, al-Jarba to the south and Hawsh Nasri to the west. According to the

Talin, Syria

Talin is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located between Baniyas and al-Qadmus. It is situated in the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Talin had a population

Zuhayr ibn Jadhima

Zuhayr ibn Jadhīma ibn Rawāḥa al-ʿAbsī was the chieftain of the Banu Abs who ultimately became the leader of the Ghatafan and Hawazin tribal confederations in pre-Islamic Arabia in the mid-6th century

Al-Jahshiyari

Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdūs al-Jahshiyārī was a prominent Abbasid bureaucrat and scholar. He authored Kitab al-wuzara wa'l-kuttab

Akkum

Akkum is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs and immediately north and south of the border with Lebanon. Nearby localities include al-Hawik, Wadi Hanna, Baluzah and al-Aqrabiyah to the east

Al-Mazraa, Homs

Al-Mazra'a is a village in northern Syria located west of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Mazra'a had a population of 2,519 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Shia Muslims and

Al-Ghizlaniyah

Al-Ghizlaniyah is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Douma District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located east of Damascus. Nearby localities include Khirbet al-Ward to the west, al-Adiliyah to the southwest, Burraq to the south

Maksar al-Hisan

Maksar al-Hisan is a village in northern Syria located east of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Maksar al-Hisan had a population of 811 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites

Kafr Aya

Kafr 'Aya is a village in the Homs Governorate in central Syria, just south of Homs. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr 'Aya had a population of 6,918 in 2004. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims

Mansur ibn Sarjun

Mansur ibn Sarjun was a Byzantine fiscal official or governor of Damascus of local Syrian origin under emperors Maurice and Heraclius, as well as during the Persian occupation of Damascus in 614–628. He surrendered the city to the besieging Arab Muslims