Arda bint al-Harith

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Arda daughter of al-Harith ibn Kalada, the wife of Utba ibn Ghazwan. She used to urge people to fight on the day of the city of the Euphrates, which is part of the account of the conquest of Ubulla. The report says she said verses on it. ¹

Conquest of al-Ubulla and al-Furat

Utba ibn Ghazwan stormed al-Ubulla and wrote Umar — borne by Nafi' ibn al-Harith — that it was the port of Bahrain, Uman, India and China; crossing to al-Furat its folk came out with their spades and were beaten, Mujashi' ibn Mas'ud taking the town by force; at al-Madhar its marzban came out, was routed with most of his men drowned, taken alive and beheaded; at Dastumaysan Utba struck pre-emptively 'to weaken their sides and embolden hearts', killing their dehqans; then Abar Qubadh fell — the tract from al-Fahraj to al-Furat being treaty-land, the rest of Ubulla by force. Utba's wife Arda bint al-Harith goaded the men 'if they rout you, you'll enter us uncircumcised', and the forelocked boy Ziyad divided the spoils at two dirhams a day.

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Conquest of al-Ubulla and al-Furat