"Omar then is reported to have asked Abu Lulu: "I heard that you make windmills; make one for me as well." In a sullen mood, Piruz said, Verily I will make such a mill for you, that the whole world would remember it."
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Piruz Nahavandi
Abū Luʾluʾa Fīrūz, also known today as Bābā Shujāʿ al-Dīn, was a Persian slave who killed the second Islamic caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab in November 644.
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