- Syriac: ܩܪܩܣܝܢ Qerqesīn,
Ancient Gr****: Κιρκήσιον),
known in
Arabic as al-
Qarqisiya, was a
Roman fortress city near the
junction of the
Euphrates and Khabur...
- was slain. Afterward,
Zufar set up
headquarters in the
Jaziran town of
Qarqisiya (Circesium) and led the Qays
against the Kalb,
launching several raids...
- al-Harith al-Kilabi, who was
holed up in the
Euphrates River fortress of
Qarqisiya (Circesium),
which was
strategically located at the
crossroads of Syria...
-
Umayr ibn al-Hubab al-Sulami. From
their respective strongholds in al-
Qarqisiya and Ras al-Ayn they
tenaciously fought against the
Yaman and resisted...
- al-Harith al-Kilabi, who, from his fortified,
strategic outpost of al-
Qarqisiya on the Euphrates,
posed a
nagging obstacle to the caliph's
planned conquest...
-
Qaysi rebel leader Zufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi, who was
based in al-
Qarqisiya.
Under Umayr, the
Sulaym encroached on the
tribal territory of the Taghlib...
- ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi and
resisted Umayyad rule in the
Jazira from al-
Qarqisiya, a
Euphrates river fortress strategically located at the
crossroads of...
-
rallied around Zufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi, who took over the
fortress of
Qarqisiya (Circesium) in
Upper Mesopotamia, from
which he led the
tribal opposition...
- al-Harith al-Kilabi at
Qarqisiya instead of
joining the pro-Alids' leader, al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi,
following Khazir. From
Qarqisiya,
Umayr led punishing...
-
December 640, Iyad and his
lieutenants subdued, in succession,
Circesium (al-
Qarqisiya), Amid, Mayyafariqin, Nisibin, Tur Abdin, Mardin, Dara,
Qarda and Bazabda...
