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Amir ibn Abi Waqqas

عامر بن أبي وقاص

A Zuhri, brother of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas; al-Baladhuri names him among the commanders who joined in commissioning Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah (may God be pleased with him) over Syria at the time of the battle of Fihl.

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Roles
Companion
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Arabia · Levant & Iraq
Identifiers
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Overview

Amir ibn Abi Waqqas (may God be pleased with him) al-Zuhri is the brother of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas. 1

Al-Baladhuri names him among the commanders who appointed Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah over Syria at the battle of Fihl. 1

In al-Isaba

Ibn Hajar gives him his own entry in al-Isaba, no. 4509: "Amir ibn Abi Waqqas al-Zuhri: he is Amir ibn Malik. Discussed above" — fixing his name as Amir ibn Malik and referring back to his earlier entry. 2

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Participated in
The Battle of Fihl· Battle of the Yarmuk
Mentioned in
Muwatta 1741· Muwatta 2219

People and things also explored

The Conquest of Syria· Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah· Heraclius· Malik ibn Anas· Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas· Dismissal from office and withdrawal (azl)· Jizya (capitation on treaty peoples)· Muwatta, Book of Divorce (talaq)

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.158
  2. al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p.763
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The Conquest of Syria

In al-Baladhuri: when Abu Bakr finished with the apostates he dispatched the armies to Syria, binding three banners — for Khalid ibn Sa'id (whom he deposed), Shurahbil ibn Hasana and Amr ibn al-As — directing them and Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan by the Ayla and Tabuk roads until their number completed at twenty-four thousand; their first fighting came at Dathin and al-Araba, and al-Waqidi's account assigns Amr Filastin, Shurahbil al-Urdunn and Yazid Dimashq; Khalid ibn al-Walid then marched from Iraq reaching them in Rabi' al-Akhir year 13, and they made him commander in every battle; the great battle of Ajnadayn fell on Monday twelve nights remaining of Jumada I year 13, Busra fell by treaty, Shurahbil conquered al-Urdunn by force save Tabariyya, the battle of Fihl came five months into Umar's caliphate with Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah commanding by Umar's investiture, the day of Marj al-Suffar at the new moon of al-Muharram year 14, and then the conquest of Damascus and Bayt al-Maqdis.