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Jabala ibn al-Ayham

جبلة بن الأيهم

The last Ghassanid king: after the Yarmuk defeat his dynasty’s role as Rome’s Arab wardens ended, and he entered Islam in the caliphate of Umar, later leaving it for Byzantine territory.

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Era
Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region
Arabia
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Wars and campaigns

Place in the story

  • RulertowardGhassanTradition
  • Convert to IslamTradition

Christian (transmitted)

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Summary

Jabala ibn al-Ayham, the last of the Ghassanid kings, who were Byzantine agents over the Arabs of al-Sham. He submitted to Islam in the time of Umar ibn al-Khattab (may God be pleased with him) 1 2.

In al-Raheeq al-Makhtum

The Ghassanids continued to rule Syria in succession, as agents of the Byzantine kings, until the battle of Yarmuk in the year 13 AH. Their last king, Jabala ibn al-Ayham, submitted to Islam in the time of the Commander of the Faithful Umar ibn al-Khattab 1 3.

What is not mentioned here

The story of Jabala's apostasy and his flight to the Byzantines after a slap, which the chroniclers relate, is not mentioned in al-Raheeq. Only what the author said is recorded here.

For young visitors

Jabala was the last king of Ghassan. He entered Islam after the defeat at Yarmuk, in the time of the caliph Umar.

Connections

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Member of
Ghassan
Ruler of
The Ghassanid Kingdom
Participated in
Battle of the Yarmuk· The Letters to Rulers and Kings

People and things also explored

Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah· Amr ibn al-As· Heraclius· Khalid ibn al-Walid· Christianity in Arabia before Islam· The Conquest of Syria· The letter of the king of Ghassan to Ka'b ibn Malik· The War of al-Harith al-A'raj on Banu Taghlib

Sources

  1. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.27
  2. Muhadarat Tarikh al-Umam al-Islamiyya — Muhammad al-Khudari , 1/34
  3. Tarikh Ard al-Quran — Sulayman al-Nadwi , 2/80-82
  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
  • Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi
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islam.museum contributors. “Jabala ibn al-Ayham”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/jabala-ibn-al-ayham/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah

An early Qurayshi convert the Prophet called the trustworthy man of this community; he commanded the armies in Syria at the height of the conquest and died in the plague of Amwas.