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جندب بن عوف الثقفي

جندب بن عوف الثقفي

Jundub ibn Awf, chief of Thaqif's Banu Malik moiety: seizing on the Ahlaf's pasture war with Banu Nasr he allied Yarbu' against them, and lost the first clash — the day of Ta'if — driven into the Lahb valley and the slaughter of the al-Aban defile 1.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Arabia
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Jundub ibn Awf ibn al-Harith ibn Malik ibn Hutayt ibn Jusham al-Thaqafi, chief of the Banu Malik, a clan of Thaqif. 2

The war of the Ahlaf

Ibn al-Athir relates that he seized the opportunity of the war of Banu Nasr against the Ahlaf, for old grudges, and allied himself with the Banu Yarbu' against the Ahlaf. The battle of al-Ta'if was their first fight, and the Ahlaf routed him to the valley of Lahb and the slaughter of al-Aban. 2

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Member of
Thaqif
Participated in
The war between the Ahlaf and Banu Malik

People and things also explored

مسعود بن معتب الثقفي· Ta'if· The war between the Ahlaf and Banu Malik· Thaqif· The Battle of Hunayn· The delegation of Thaqif· The Prophet's journey to al-Ta'if· The siege of Ta'if

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 512-513
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.512-513
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مسعود بن معتب الثقفي

Mas'ud ibn Mu'tib of Thaqif's Ahlaf moiety, sent to Medina to seek the Ansar's alliance against Banu Malik; Uhayha ibn al-Julah refused with the famous counsel — 'your brother is the one you left behind; go back and make peace with him though it cost your nose and ear' — and gave him a slave who raised Ta'if's first fortress-tower.