Ḥabīb b. Maslama al-Fihrī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Lecker, Michael
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Ḥabīb b. Maslama al-Fihrī , a brilliant general and close ally of the caliph Muʿāwiya, belonged to the Quraysh tribe, more precisely, to the Muḥārib b. Fihr branch of Quraysh. He played a major role in the conquest of the Jazīra and Armenia. His raids on Byzantine territory earned him the nickname Ḥabīb al-Rūm, "Ḥabīb of the Byzantines," which can also be understood, ironically, as "the beloved one of the Byzantines." The agreements of capitulation that he concluded with the people of Tiflīs (Tbilisi) and Dabīl (Dvin) at the