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Jarir's Stipulation of a Quarter of What He Conquered

اشتراط جرير ربع ما غلب عليه

c. 635 CE · c. 14 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

In al-Baladhuri: Umar went a year not mentioning Iraq for the disaster of Abu Ubayd and Salit, al-Muthanna stationed near Ulays calling the Arabs to jihad; then Umar summoned the people to Iraq and they kept dodging and declining until he meant to raid himself — when a party of Azd came wanting to raid Syria, he called them to Iraq and made Khosrow's house's spoils desirable, so they left the choice to him and he ordered their departure. Jarir ibn Abdallah came from al-Sarat among Bajila asking to go to Iraq on condition he and his people be given a quarter of what they conquered — Umar agreed, and he marched toward Iraq; some allege he passed by Basra's road and fought the Madhar marzban, defeating him, others that he fought the marzban while with Khalid ibn al-Walid (may God be pleased with him), and some say he took the road over Fayd and al-Ta'labiyya to al-Mudhayyib.

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Era
The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq · Arabia
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620630640650 c.
The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate

Overview

Al-Baladhuri reports that Jarir ibn Abd Allah stipulated with Umar a quarter of what they conquered, if he went to Iraq. 1

Background

Umar went a year without mentioning Iraq after the disaster of Abu Ubayd. Al-Muthanna was staying in the region of Alis calling for jihad. Then Umar called the people to Iraq, and they shunned it. 1

The stipulation

Jarir came with the Bajila and asked that he come to Iraq on condition that he and his people be given a quarter of what they conquered, and Umar agreed. 1

Differing accounts of the route

Al-Baladhuri says that some people say he passed by Basra and defeated the marzban of al-Madhar; others say he was with Khalid ibn al-Walid; others say he took Fayd and al-Tha'labiyya to al-Mudhayyib. 1

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Had participant
جرير بن عبد الله البجلي· Umar ibn al-Khattab· al-Muthanna ibn Haritha

People and things also explored

Abu Ubayd's Dispatch to Iraq· Bajila's Quarter of the Sawad and Its Return· The Day of Mihran, Being the Day of al-Buwayb· The Conquest of al-Anbar and the Raid on Baghdad's Market· Dhu al-Khalasa (the 'Ka'ba of Yemen')· The seven ahruf· Abu al-Mukhtar's Satire on the Ahwaz Officials· Abu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illness

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.353
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