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Hurqus ibn al-Nu'man al-Bahrani

حرقوص بن النعمان البهراني

c. 634 CE · c. 13 AH

Of Bahra' ibn Hilal of Quda'a; he was at Suwa — a Kalbi watering-place — among a company drinking and singing when Khalid ibn al-Walid (may God be pleased with him) raided them on his way to Syria and killed him; he had been singing 'slake me before Abu Bakr's army — perhaps our fates are near and we know not', and when killed his blood ran into the basin holding his drink, some say his head fell into it too.

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Roles
warrior
Era
The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Arabia
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Life in time

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Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abdullah ibn Abbas · Abdullah ibn Mas'ud · Abdullah ibn Salam · Abdullah ibn Sufyan al-Makhzumi

Overview

Hurqus ibn al-Numan al-Bahrani, of Bahra' ibn Hilal of Qudaa'a. He was at the water of Suwa, a water belonging to Kalb, in a group who were drinking and singing, when Khalid ibn al-Walid raided them on his way to Syria, and killed him. 1

Before his killing

The book reports that he used to say before he was killed: "Give me drink before the army of Abu Bakr." It reports that his blood flowed into the bowl in which his drink was, and adds that "it is said" his head also fell into it. 1

The time of the event

The data places his killing in Rabi' al-Akhir 13 AH, on Khalid's march, and it is connected with Khalid's march to Syria. The Gregorian date is derived, and it rests on a single source, so it needs an additional source. 1

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Participated in
Khalid ibn al-Walid's March to Syria

People and things also explored

The Conquest of Syria· Abu Bakr al-Siddiq· al-Muthanna ibn Haritha· بسر بن أبي أرطاة· Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri· Khalid ibn al-Walid· Rabi'a ibn Bujayr al-Taghlibi· Rafi' ibn Umayra al-Ta'i

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.153
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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.