Conquest of Manadhir

Al-Baladhuri relates that Abu Musa marched to Manadhir and besieged its people, then al-Rabi ibn Ziyad took it by force. ¹

The fighting grew severe. In the army was al-Muhajir ibn Ziyad, al-Rabi's brother, who was fasting. He wanted to fight, and Abu Musa ordered every fasting man either to break his fast or not go out to fight. He drank a draught of water and said he had not drunk it from thirst, then fought until he was killed. ¹

The people of Manadhir took his head and set it up on their fortress between two battlements. ¹

Abu Musa left al-Rabi as his deputy over Manadhir and marched to al-Sus. Al-Rabi took Manadhir by force, killed the fighting men and enslaved the families. Greater and lesser Manadhir came into Muslim hands, and Abu Musa appointed Asim ibn Qays al-Sulami over them. ¹

Another account in al-Baladhuri says that Umar wrote that Manadhir was like a village of the outskirts of Sawad, and ordered the goods taken from it returned. ¹ The place is Manadhir. The date needs an additional source.