The battle of Anisha

وقعة أنيشة

c. 11 August 1237 CE · c. 10 Dhu al-Hijja 634 AH

The battle of Anisha (Thursday, 10 Dhu al-Hijja 634) in which the hafiz Abu'l-Rabi al-Kila'i was killed — advancing ahead of the ranks, calling to the fleeing 'do you flee Paradise?' until he fell; his pupil Ibn al-Abbar mourned him in the famous mimiyya elegy 1.

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al-Andalus & Europe
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al-Maqqari describes the battle of Anisha, in which the hafiz Abu al-Rabi' al-Kilai was killed on Thursday, ten days before the end of Dhu al-Hijja 634 AH. 2

The death of al-Kilai

He kept always at the front of the lines, facing the enemy, calling to those who had fled: "Do you flee from Paradise?" He used to say that the end of his life would be seventy years, on account of a dream he had seen as a child. His student Ibn al-Abbar mourned him in an elegy rhyming in mim. 2

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Abu al-Rabi al-Kila'i

People and things also explored

The battle of Anija and the killing of Ibn al-Kila'i· Abu al-Rabi al-Kila'i· The Weepers (al-bakka'un)· The army of hardship (jaysh al-usra)· Staying behind from the Tabuk expedition· The plot of Amir ibn al-Tufayl and Arbad ibn Qays· The Badr war council· The duel at Badr

Sources

  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 477
  2. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p.477
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islam.museum contributors. “The battle of Anisha”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/battle-of-anisha-634/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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The battle of Anija and the killing of Ibn al-Kila'i

The battle of Anija, Thursday end of Dhu'l-Hijja 634, where the hafiz Abu'l-Rabi al-Kila'i was killed still urging the routed 'are you fleeing Paradise?' — mourned by his pupil Ibn al-Abbar in the famous mimiya.