Conquest of Hamadan and Waj Rudh (22 AH)

Name: Conquest of Hamadan and Waj Rudh (22 AH)
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فتح همذان ووقعة واج روذ

642 CE · 22 AH

Nu'aym ibn al-Muqarrin held Hamadan with twelve thousand when the Daylam, Rayy and Azerbaijan armies converged — at Waj Rudh he fought a battle reckoned the equal of Nahavand and broke them utterly. In another telling Jarir ibn 'Abdallah took an arrow in the eye before the walls and said: «I count it with God, who adorned my face with it and gave me light as long as He willed, then took it back in His path«; Hamadan capitulated on the Nahavand terms ¹.

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The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate

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Summary

Nu'aym ibn Muqarrin was at Hamadan with twelve thousand men. The Daylam, and the people of Rayy and Azerbaijan, conspired against him, and Isfandiyar, brother of Rustam, came forward with the people of Azerbaijan. Nu'aym went out to meet them, and they clashed at Waj Rud in a great battle comparable to Nahavand; the Persians were routed in a shameful defeat and suffered a slaughter beyond counting. In another account, Jarir ibn Abd Allah conquered it after his eye was struck by an arrow, and he said: "I reckon it with God, who adorned my face with it and let light into what He willed for me, then took it from me in His cause." ¹.

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Occurred at: Hamadan
Had participant: Nu'aym ibn al-Muqarrin· جرير بن عبد الله البجلي

People and things also explored

Dhu al-Khalasa (the 'Ka'ba of Yemen')· Abu al-Hayja sent against Hamadan· Bajila's Quarter of the Sawad and Its Return· The Peace of Baniqya and the Taylasan· The Day of Mihran, Being the Day of al-Buwayb· The Conquest of al-Anbar and the Raid on Baghdad's Market· The Conquest of Hamadhan· The Conquest of Hulwan and Qarmasin

Sources

al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 405-406

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Dhu al-Khalasa (the 'Ka'ba of Yemen')

A pagan sanctuary venerated by Khath'am, Bajila and the neighbouring tribes of Tihama, who made pilgrimage to it; it was called the 'Ka'ba of Yemen' or the 'Ka'ba of the north' in contrast to the house of Mecca. In the Sahih the Prophet asked Jarir ibn 'Abdallah al-Bajali 'will you not relieve me of Dhu al-Khalasa?' — he rode out with a hundred and fifty horsemen of Ahmas, broke it and killed those he found there, and the Prophet prayed for them and for Ahmas.