Abd al-Masih ibn Amr ibn Buqayla

عبد المسيح بن عمرو بن بقيلة

In al-Baladhuri: Abd al-Masih ibn Amr ibn Qays ibn Hayyan ibn Buqayla — Buqayla's name being al-Harith — of Azd; an old man when he came out to negotiate al-Hira's peace with Khalid ibn al-Walid (may God be pleased with him), their famous exchange running 'from my mother's belly', 'in my clothes', 'on the earth', 'we built them for the fool until the wise man comes'; they agreed a hundred thousand yearly — the first money carried to Medina from Iraq, year 12.

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Abd al-Masih ibn Amr ibn Qays ibn Hayyan ibn Buqayla. Buqayla's name was al-Harith. He was of the Azd. ¹

Negotiating for the people of al-Hira

Al-Baladhuri says that he was advanced in age when he went out to Khalid ibn al-Walid to negotiate on behalf of the people of al-Hira, and a well-known exchange took place between them. They agreed on a hundred thousand to be paid every year, and it was the first money carried from Iraq to Medina, in 12 AH. ¹ See the conquest of al-Hira.

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He may be the same person as the entry on Abd al-Masih ibn Buqayla, or a duplicate of it. This needs review.

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Participated in: The Peace of al-Hira

People and things also explored

al-Muthanna ibn Haritha· أزاذبه· هاني بن قبيصة الشيباني· Iyas ibn Qabisa al-Taʾi· Khalid ibn al-Walid· خريم بن أوس الطائي· al-Hira· The Peace of al-Hira

Sources

Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.339

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al-Muthanna ibn Haritha

His name appears in the index of the third volume, alongside Abu Ubayd ibn Mas'ud, for the year 13: 'Account of al-Muthanna ibn Haritha and Abu Ubayd ibn Mas'ud'. According to al-Baladhuri, al-Muthanna ibn Haritha ibn Salama ibn Dimdim al-Shaybani used to raid al-Sawad with men of his people. Abu Bakr wrote him a written commission over those of them who had embraced Islam, to fight the Persians; he alighted at Khafan and summoned his people, and they became Muslims. Abu Bakr then wrote ordering him to hear and obey Khalid ibn al-Walid; he met him at al-Nabaj, and met Jaban at Nahr al-Dam. He was the first conqueror of al-Sawad.