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Syrians
Commanders: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Qubath ibn Ashim
ʿAli's men
Commanders: Kumayl ibn Ziyad al-Nakha'i · Shabib ibn Amir
Summary
Mu'awiya sent Abd al-Rahman ibn Qubath ibn Ushaym to the Jazira. Shabib ibn Amir of Nasibin alerted his companion Kumayl ibn Ziyad, who set out with six hundred horsemen, caught up with the raiders, defeated them and inflicted heavy killing. He ordered that no fleeing man be pursued and no wounded man be finished off; only two of his companions were killed. Shabib pursued the defeated men, crossed the Euphrates and raided as far as Ba'labakk. Mu'awiya sent Habib ibn Maslama after him, but did not catch him. Shabib returned and raided the districts of al-Raqqa. Ali wrote to him forbidding him to take people's property, apart from the horses and the weapons they fight with, and said of Shabib that he had gone far in the raid and hastened the victory. 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Nasibin (Nisibis)· Baalbek
- Had participant
- 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Qubath ibn Ashim· Kumayl ibn Ziyad al-Nakha'i· Shabib ibn Amir· Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri· Ali ibn Abi Talib
People and things also explored
Ali's counsel to Kumayl ibn Ziyad on knowledge and its people· The Jazira· The ruling on one who abandons prayer· The wise sayings attributed to Ali· Poetry attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib· Abu Bakr's Sortie to Naq' and Khalid's Command· Abu Sufyan's mission to Medina· al-Adil takes the Khabur and Nisibis and besieges Sinjar
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 727-728
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “the Jazīra raid — Kumayl's counterattack and Shabīb's pursuit to Baʿlabakk (39 AH)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ibn-qubath-jazira-raid-39/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.