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The Conquest of Arwad

فتح أرواد

54 AH

Arwad

In al-Baladhuri: Janada ibn Abi Umayya opened Arwad in year 54 and Mu'awiya settled the Muslims in it; among its openers were Mujahid and Tubay' ibn imra'at Ka'b al-Ahbar — there Mujahid taught Tubay' the Qur'an, though it is said he taught it to him at Rhodes — and Arwad is an island near Constantinople.

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Era
The Umayyad Period
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Overview

al-Baladhuri relates that Junada ibn Abi Umayya conquered the island of Arwad in 54 AH, and that Mu'awiya settled Muslims there. 1

The conquerors

Among those who conquered it were Mujahid and Tubay', son of the wife of Ka'b al-Ahbar, and Mujahid taught Tubay' the Qur'an there. It is said that he taught him in Rhodes. al-Baladhuri describes Arwad as an island near Constantinople. 1 The commander of the conquest was Junada ibn Abi Umayya.

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Had participant
جنادة بن أبي أمية الأزدي· مجاهد بن جبر· تبيع بن امرأة كعب الأحبار· Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan
Occurred at
Arwad

People and things also explored

The Conquest of Rhodes and the Demolition of Its Fort· Abd al-Malik's Coinage Reform· Ali declines to keep Muawiya in office· Letters between Ali and Muawiya after the Camel· the truce between ʿAli and Muʿāwiya (40 AH)· The Year of the Community (am al-jama'a)· The pledge to Yazid as heir apparent· The pledge to Yazid as heir apparent

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.330
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The Conquest of Rhodes and the Demolition of Its Fort

In al-Baladhuri: Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan sent Janada ibn Abi Umayya al-Azdi to Rhodes; he opened it by force — it being a thicket in the sea — and Mu'awiya ordered him to settle Muslim people in it, in year 53. Rhodes is among the most fertile islands, about sixty miles, with olives, vines, fruits and sweet waters. Via al-Waqidi and others: the Muslims stayed at Rhodes seven years in a fort taken for them; when Mu'awiya died Yazid wrote Janada ordering him to demolish the fort and return — Mu'awiya used to rotate the people there, and Mujahid ibn Jabr resided in it teaching the people Qur'an.