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The March of al-Falalij and the Pursuit of Jaban at Tustar

مسير الفلاليج وطلب جابان بمستر

c. 633 CE · c. 12 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Tustar

In al-Baladhuri: Khalid came to al-Falalij on his return from Baniqya — a Persian host there dispersed and he met no harm — then returned to al-Hira; hearing Jaban was at Tustar in a great host he sent against him al-Muthanna ibn Haritha al-Shaybani and Hanzala ibn al-Rabi' ibn Rabah al-Asadi of Banu Tamim — called Hanzala the Scribe — and when they reached him he fled.

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Era
The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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620630640650 c.
The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate

Overview

al-Baladhuri reports that Khalid came to al-Falalij on his way back from Banaqiya, and then sent an army to Jaban at Tustar, and Jaban fled from it. 1

Al-Falalij

Khalid came to al-Falalij on his way back from Banaqiya. A gathering of Persians had been there, but they dispersed, and he met no resistance. He then returned to al-Hira. 1

Jaban at Tustar

News reached Khalid that Jaban was at Tustar with a great host. He sent al-Muthanna ibn Haritha al-Shaybani and Hanzala ibn al-Rabi' al-Asadi of Banu Tamim, who is called Hanzala the Scribe. When they reached him, he fled. 1

Notes

The data places the event in Khalid's march, around 12 AH. The date is derived and needs an additional source.

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Had participant
حنظلة الكاتب· جابان· al-Muthanna ibn Haritha
Occurred at
Tustar

People and things also explored

Abu Ubayd's Dispatch to Iraq· The Day of Mihran, Being the Day of al-Buwayb· Battle of al-Namarq (13 AH)· The Day of the Bridge· The Conquest of al-Anbar and the Raid on Baghdad's Market· The Peace of al-Hira· Conquest of Tustar and the capture of al-Hurmuzan· Tustar's Fall and Hurmuzan's Capture

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p. 343-344
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Abu Ubayd's Dispatch to Iraq

In al-Baladhuri: when Umar succeeded he sent Abu Ubayd ibn Mas'ud ibn Amr ibn Umayr ibn Awf ibn Uqda ibn Ghiyara ibn Awf ibn Thaqif — being Abu al-Mukhtar ibn Abi Ubayd — to Iraq in a thousand, writing al-Muthanna to receive, hear and obey him, and sent with him Salit ibn Qays ibn Amr al-Ansari, telling him 'but for the haste in you I'd have appointed you — war is cunning, only the patient man suits it.' Abu Ubayd came on urging every Arab tribe to jihad and booty till a host joined him; at al-Mudhayyib he heard Jaban the Persian was at Tustar in a great host — met him, routed his host and took captives; then to Durna whose Persian host he routed to Kaskar; then to the Jalinus at Barusma where Ibn al-Andarzghar made peace at four dirhams a head on withdrawing; he sent al-Muthanna to Zandaward — found repudiated, fought, prevailed and captured — and Urwa ibn Zayd al-Khayl al-Ta'i to al-Zawabi whose dihqan he pacified on Barusma's terms.