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Syrians
Commanders: Yazid ibn Shajara al-Rahawi
ʿAli's governor at Mecca
Summary
In the year 39 AH Muʿawiya summoned Yazid ibn Shajara al-Rahawi and ordered him to go to Mecca to lead the people in the Hajj, to take the oath of allegiance there on Muʿawiya's behalf, and to expel the agent of ʿAli from the city. 1.
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- Occurred at
- Mecca
- Had participant
- Yazid ibn Shajara al-Rahawi· Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan
People and things also explored
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb· Amr ibn al-As· Hind bint Utba· Dar al-Nadwa· The Kaaba· Al-Masjid Al-Haram· Idol worship in the Jahiliyya and its rites· The offices of Quraysh at Mecca
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 726
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islam.museum contributors. “Yazīd ibn Shajara sent to seize the Ḥajj and Mecca's bayʿa for Muʿāwiya (39 AH)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/yazid-ibn-shajara-mecca-39/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.