Ruwayfi ibn Thabit

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Ruwayfi ibn Thabit al-Ansari (7th century) was the deputy commander of Tripoli for the Egypt-based Umayyad commander Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj. He led the Muslim raid against the Byzantine controlled island of Djerba in modern Tunisia.[1] He may have led a second raid against Djerba alongside the Ansarite Fadala ibn Ubayd.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kaegi 2010, p. 180.

Bibliography edit

  • Kaegi, Walter E. (2010). Muslim Expansion and Byzantine Collapse in North Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-19677-2.