At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Review
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Overview
Al-Mas'udi relates how al-Zabba, queen of Syria up to the Euphrates, killed Jadhima al-Abrash, and how she herself fell by the trick of Qasir. 1
The account
Al-Mas'udi says that al-Zabba led Jadhima to desire her until he was killed. Then Qasir dug a tunnel under her bed, and came in to her inside a chest carried on a camel, and came out upon her with his sword drawn. Some say that she sucked a ring that contained poison, and said: "By my hand, not by the hand of 'Amr." The city was ruined and the children taken captive. 1
He reports that she did to Marid, the fortress of Dumat al-Jandal, and to al-Ablaq, the fortress of Tayma, what she did, until they were beyond her reach. 1
This is an account from the pre-Islamic reports, and it rests on the source alone.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Zabba bint Amr· Jadhima al-Abrash
People and things also explored
Amr ibn Adi ibn Nasr al-Lakhmi· Jadhima al-Abrash· al-Hira· al-Zabba bint Amr· Ahl al-Harb (the people at war with the Muslims, their status and the rules that govern dealings with them)· Anfal (spoils and the other gains taken from the enemy, and their divisions)· The angels at Badr· Dissuading others from fighting
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 409-412
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islam.museum contributors. “Jadhima's death and al-Zabba's fall”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/fall-of-al-zabba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.