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عمرو بن المنذر المحرق

عمرو بن المنذر المحرق

Amr ibn al-Mundhir the Lakhmid, called al-Muharriq 'the burner' for burning ninety-nine men of Banu Darim at the second day of Awara and completing his hundred with the Burajim passer-by — whence the proverb 1.

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emir
Era
Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region
Arabia
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Amr ibn al-Mundhir al-Lakhmi, a prince, the son of al-Mundhir ibn Imri al-Qays. 2

It is said that he was called "al-Muharriq" (the burner) because he burned ninety-nine men of the Banu Darim on the second day of Awara, and completed the hundred with a deputation of the Baraji, so his saying "the wretched one is the deputation of the Baraji" became a proverb. 3

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al-Mundhir ibn Imru' al-Qays
Participated in
The Second Day of Awara

People and things also explored

The First Day of Awara· Banu Darim· Kinda· زرارة بن عدس· The Second Day of Awara· al-Mundhir ibn Imru' al-Qays

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 412-413
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir
  3. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.412-413
  • al-Nuwayri, Nihayat al-Arab fi Funun al-Adab, vol. 3 (scan)
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islam.museum contributors. “عمرو بن المنذر المحرق”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/amr-ibn-al-mundhir-al-muharriq/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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The First Day of Awara

The first day of Awara — the Lakhmid al-Mundhir ibn Imru' al-Qays against Bakr ibn Wa'il, who had sheltered the Taghlibi exile Salama ibn al-Harith; refusing allegiance, Bakr were bound by al-Mundhir's oath to be slaughtered on the hill of Awara until the blood reached its foot; when the blood froze they poured water on it so it flowed, and the women were burned, until a man of Qays ibn Tha'laba interceded and the captives were freed — the boast al-A'sha made of it in verse.