At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
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Overview
Harthama ibn Arfaja al-Bariqi, a commander of the Rashidun period. Al-Baladhuri in "The Conquests of the Lands" reports that he was the first to lay out Mosul, settled the Arabs in it, and made it a garrison city, and that Umar appointed him over it after the removal of Utba ibn Farqad. In Ibn Duraid the name appears as "Arfaja ibn Harthama". 1
The founding of Mosul as a garrison city
Harthama found in Mosul a fortress, a church of the Christians, a few houses and a quarter of the Jews. He settled the Arabs in their houses, laid out the plots for them, and built the congregational mosque. 1 It is also said that he first settled al-Hadhitha and laid it out as a garrison city before Mosul. 1
He took part in the conquest of Mosul.
Connections
- Participated in
- Conquest of Mosul· The founding of Basra
- Lived in
- Mosul
People and things also explored
Conquest of Mosul· Mosul· Great Mosque of al-Nuri· Battle of al-Khazir· death of the atabeg Izz al-Din Masud of Mosul· Death of Nur al-Din Arslan Shah of Mosul· death of Quṭb al-Dīn Mawdūd — Sayf al-Dīn Ghāzī II succeeds in Mosul· Muzaffar al-Din of Irbil marches on Mosul and returns
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Harthama ibn Arfaja al-Bariqi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/harthama-ibn-arfaja/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.