# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/balj-ibn-bishr-al-qushayri
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:46:52.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/balj-ibn-bishr-al-qushayri"
name: "Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri"
slug: "balj-ibn-bishr-al-qushayri"
description: "Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri was an Umayyad military commander in the Maghreb and al-Andalus (Iberia), and briefly became the ruler of al-Andalus in 742 until his death in August of the same year. Balj was a member of the Banu Qushayr, a branch of the Hawazin tribe, and was the nephew of Kulthum ibn Iyad al-Qasi, who had been appointed governor of Ifriqiya by the Umayyad caliph Hisham. In 741 Balj was cavalry lieutenant under his uncle's command on a military campaign against a Berber Revolt in North Africa. Kulthum headed an army of 30,000 Arab troops from regiments (junds) from Damascus, Jordan, Qinnasrin, Homs, Palestine and Egypt."
tagline: "Umayyad al-Andalus military commander (died 742)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Models"
  slug: "models"
profileType:
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  slug: "model"
deathDate: "0742-08-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.5
  momentum:             2.758620689655172
  historical:           11.15997333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بلج بن بشر القشيري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Balj ibn Bixr al-Quxayrí"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balch_ibn_Bishr_al-Qushairi"
    title: "Balch ibn Bishr al-Qushairi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بلج بن بشر القشیری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balj_bin_Bisyr_al-Qusyairi"
    title: "Balj bin Bisyr al-Qusyairi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri"
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    title: "Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balje_ibne_Bixer_Alcoxairi"
    title: "Balje ibne Bixer Alcoxairi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Балдж ібн-Біхр аль-Кушайрі"
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  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AC_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%B1_%D9%82%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "بلج بن بشر قشیری"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump