Hashim ibn Utba al-Mirqal

Overview

Hashim ibn Utba ibn Abi Waqqas al-Zuhri, known as al-Mirqal. He was of the Banu Abi Waqqas. Al-Baladhuri reports that he lost an eye on the day of Yarmuk, along with others who lost their eyes there, such as al-Ash'ath ibn Qays and Qays ibn Maksuh. ¹

At al-Qadisiyya

Al-Mas'udi reports that he commanded the reinforcements sent from Syria to al-Qadisiyya: five thousand horsemen from Rabi'a and Mudar, and a thousand from Yemen, with them al-Qa'qa' ibn Amr, a month after the conquest of Damascus. ²

At Siffin

According to al-Mas'udi, he was killed at Siffin together with Dhu al-Kala', the bearer of the standard of Himyar. His son took up the banner when he was killed. Ali stood over his body and the bodies of the Aslamis killed around him; he asked God's mercy on them and recited a verse in their praise. ³

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.

Hashim ibn Utba al-Mirqal

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Overview

At al-Qadisiyya

At Siffin

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The Conquest of Syria