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السيوطي:٢-٣٥٧٧b

"عَنِ الشَّعْبِىِّ: أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ بَعَثَ ابْنَ سَوْرٍ عَلَى قَضَاءِ الْبَصْرَةِ وَبَعثَ شُرَيْحًا عَلَى قَضَاءِ الْكُوفَةِ".  

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bayhaqi:20158Abū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yaʿqūb b. Sufyān > Abū Nuʿaym > Zakariyyā > ʿĀmir > ʿUmar

[Machine] Umar ibn al-Khattab sent Ibn Sura to govern Basra, and he sent Shuraikh to govern Kufa.  

البيهقي:٢٠١٥٨وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ عَامِرٍ

أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ بَعَثَ ابْنَ سُورٍ عَلَى قَضَاءِ الْبَصْرَةِ وَبَعَثَ شُرَيْحًا عَلَى قَضَاءِ الْكُوفَةِ