Question: who was zuhair bin qais?
Answer: Zuhayr ibn Qays al-Balawī (Arabic: زهير بن قيس البلوي‎) (died 688) 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.