Shurahbil ibn Simt

Shurahbil ibn al-Simt ibn al-Aswad al-Kindi (Arabic: شرحبيل بن السمط بن الأسود الكندي, romanized: Shuraḥbīl ibn al-Simṭ ibn al-Aswad al-Kindī) was a Kindite commander in the Muslim army against the Sasanian Persians at the Battle of al-Qadisiyya in 636 and later a Homs-based member of the inner circle of Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan during the latter's governorship of Syria (639–661) and caliphate (661–680).

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