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 "id": "event/zuhayr-martyrdom-barqa",
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 "slug": "zuhayr-martyrdom-barqa",
 "label": {
  "ar": "استشهاد زهير بن قيس ببرقة",
  "en": "The Martyrdom of Zuhayr ibn Qays at Barqa"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "عند البلاذري: ولّى عبد العزيز بن مروان إفريقية زهير بن قيس البلوي ففتح توتس ثم انصرف إلى برقة فبلغه أن جماعة من الروم خرجوا من مراكب لهم فعاثوا فتوجه إليهم في جريدة خيل فلقيهم فاستشهد ومن معه فقُبر هناك وقبورهم تدعى قبور الشهداء.",
  "en": "In al-Baladhuri: Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan gave Zuhayr ibn Qays al-Balawi Ifriqiya — he opened Tutus, then returned to Barqa, where word reached him that a body of Romans had come out of ships of theirs and were ravaging; he rode against them with a light cavalry band, met them, and was martyred with those with him — he was buried there, and their graves are called Qubur al-Shuhada."
 },
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  "maghreb"
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  "period/umayyad"
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 "aliases": [],
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  "earliest": 685.0016769680417,
  "latest": 705.998685804605
 },
 "display": {
  "start": {
   "edtf": "0685/0705",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "في ولاية عبد العزيز بن مروان لمصر (البلاذري ص 321). التحويل مشتق."
  },
  "end": {
   "edtf": "0685/0705",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "في ولاية عبد العزيز بن مروان لمصر (البلاذري ص 321). التحويل مشتق."
  }
 },
 "data": {
  "kind": "battle",
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   "start": {
    "edtf": "0685/0705",
    "calendar": "julian",
    "precision": "year",
    "status": "tradition",
    "derived": true,
    "note": "في ولاية عبد العزيز بن مروان لمصر (البلاذري ص 321). التحويل مشتق."
   }
  },
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "فتوح البلدان (ط مؤسسة المعارف 1407هـ/1987م) ص 321",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
   "run": "lib-futuh-buldan-batch-21"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/futuh-buldan-maarif-1407"
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  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 2,
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High)"
  }
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 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "يروي البلاذري أن [[person/abd-al-aziz-ibn-marwan|عبد العزيز بن مروان]] ولّى إفريقية [[person/zuhayr-ibn-qays-al-balawi|زهير بن قيس البلوي]]. فتح زهير توتس، ثم انصرف إلى [[place/barqa|برقة]]. {cite:futuh-buldan-maarif-1407 p.321}\n\nبلغه أن جماعة من الروم خرجوا من مراكب لهم فعاثوا، فتوجه إليهم في جريدة خيل. فلقيهم فاستشهد هو ومن معه، وقُبروا هناك. وتُسمى قبورهم «قبور الشهداء». {cite:futuh-buldan-maarif-1407 p.321}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/zuhayr-martyrdom-barqa",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Al-Baladhuri relates that [[person/abd-al-aziz-ibn-marwan|Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan]] appointed [[person/zuhayr-ibn-qays-al-balawi|Zuhayr ibn Qays al-Balawi]] over Ifriqiya. Zuhayr conquered Tutis, then turned to [[place/barqa|Barqa]]. {cite:futuh-buldan-maarif-1407 p.321}\n\nHe received word that a group of the Byzantines had come out of their ships and spread corruption, so he went against them with a small troop of horsemen. He met them, and he and those with him were martyred, and they were buried there. Their graves are called \"the graves of the martyrs\". {cite:futuh-buldan-maarif-1407 p.321}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/zuhayr-martyrdom-barqa",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "بلاذری بیان کرتے ہیں کہ [[person/abd-al-aziz-ibn-marwan|عبد العزیز بن مروان]] نے [[person/zuhayr-ibn-qays-al-balawi|زہیر بن قیس البلوی]] کو افریقیہ کا والی بنایا۔ زہیر نے توتس فتح کیا، پھر [[place/barqa|برقہ]] کی طرف لوٹ گئے۔ {cite:futuh-buldan-maarif-1407 p.321}\n\nانہیں خبر ملی کہ رومیوں کا ایک گروہ اپنے جہازوں سے نکل کر لوٹ مار کر رہا ہے، تو وہ سوار دستے کے ساتھ ان کی طرف بڑھے۔ ان کا سامنا ہوا تو وہ اور ان کے ساتھی شہید ہوئے اور وہیں دفن کیے گئے۔ ان کی قبروں کو «قبور الشہداء» کہا جاتا ہے۔ {cite:futuh-buldan-maarif-1407 p.321}"
    }
   ],
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    "id": "event/zuhayr-martyrdom-barqa",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-19"
  }
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   "to": "place/barqa",
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   "inverse": false
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   "to": "person/abd-al-aziz-ibn-marwan",
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 "related": [
  "event/hassan-vs-kahina",
  "event/abu-rakwa-revolt-397",
  "event/conquest-of-tanja",
  "event/sulh-barqa",
  "event/uqba-zawila-appointment",
  "group/berbers",
  "person/abd-al-aziz-ibn-marwan",
  "person/zuhayr-ibn-qays-al-balawi"
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