# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zuhayr-ibn-qays
# Generated: 2026-08-15T21:16:37.071Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zuhayr-ibn-qays"
name: "Zuhayr ibn Qays"
slug: "zuhayr-ibn-qays"
description: "Zuhayr ibn Qays al-Balawī was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and an Arab commander who fought in the service of the Rashidun, Umayyad and Zubayrid caliphs. He played a key role in the early Muslim conquests of Egypt, Barqa (Cyrenaica) and Ifriqiya. When the latter province fell to a Byzantine–Berber alliance in 682, Zuhayr was given command of the army to restore Arab rule. During that campaign, he temporarily retook Kairouan, the Arabs' capital in Ifriqiya, and killed the Berber chief Kasila, but was slain by Byzantine raiders on his way back to Barqa."
tagline: "Companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Arab military commander (died 688)"
gender: "male"
deathDate: "695"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.136542666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Zuhayr ibn Qays"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "زهير بن قيس البلوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Zuhayr ibn Qays"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuhayr_ibn_Qays"
    title: "Zuhayr ibn Qays"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "زهیر بن قیس بلوی"
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    title: "Зухайр ибн Кайс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuheyr_bin_Kays"
    title: "Zuheyr bin Kays"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%80_%D1%96%D0%B1%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%97%D1%81"
    title: "Зухайр ібн Каїс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "زہیر بن قیس بلوی"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump