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the day of Maʿbas and Muḍarris — the Aws driven into their strongholds

يوم معبس ومضرس — هزيمة الأوس عند الجدارين

c. 610 CE

Medina

One of the last Aws–Khazraj days before Buʿāth: they met at the two walls Maʿbas and Muḍarris and fought on for days until the Aws broke into houses and strongholds — an ugly rout they had never suffered the like of 1.

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In time

600610620 c.
Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era

In space

Medina

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Sides

Aws

Khazraj

Summary

The Day of Mabas and Mudarris was one of the last days of Aws and Khazraj before Bu'ath. They met at the two walls: Khazraj stood behind Mudarris and Aws behind Mabas. They fought fiercely for days, and then Aws were routed until they entered their houses and fortified towers, a shameful defeat such as they had never suffered. 1

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Occurred at
Medina
Had participant
Hudayr ibn al-Simmak al-Ashhali

People and things also explored

Mosque of the Two Qiblas· Prophet's Mosque· The Sanctuary of Medina· Judaism in Arabia before Islam· Medina's society at the Hijra· The utum (tower-fortresses) of Yathrib· Restoration of the Abbasid Khutba in the Two Harams in 479· Abu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illness

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 507
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