Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Commander
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri, a commander who declared the caliphate of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr in Syria, and was at the head of his army there. 2
Marj Rahit
Marwan ibn al-Hakam met al-Dahhak at Marj Rahit near Damascus. Marwan was killed there by a man of the Taym al-Lat, and many of the Qays were killed with him. 2
Connections
- Participated in
- Battle of Marj Rahit· Muʿāwiya's columns to Taymāʾ and lower Wāqisa (39 AH)
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 296
People and things also explored
Muwatta, Book of Prayer· al-Nu'man ibn Bashir al-Ansari· Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan· Muhammad· 'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Utba· Damascus· Salah (the prescribed prayer)· Battle of Marj Rahit
Sources
- The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002) , p. 202
- The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002) , p.202
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-dahhak-ibn-qays-al-fihri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.