Sa'id ibn Amir ibn Hudhaym al-Jumahi

Overview

Sa'id ibn Amir ibn Hudhaym al-Jumahi al-Qurashi, one of the Companions of the Messenger of God and one of the commanders of the army of Iyad ibn Ghanm. al-Baladhuri reports from al-Waqidi that he was on the right wing when the army marched to al-Jazira in mid-Sha'ban of the year 18 AH. The vanguard was under Maysara ibn Masruq, and the left wing under Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal ¹. See the conquest of al-Jazira.

His dealings with Homs

Al-Mas'udi reports that the people of Homs complained of him to Umar. They said that he did not come out to them until the day had risen, and that he did not answer at night. Umar sent him a thousand dinars, and he distributed them among the orphans and the needy until little remained ².

The Conquest of Harran

In al-Baladhuri: Iyad marched on Harran, halting at Ajda and sending his vanguard ahead — its people shut the gates against them, and when he invested it the Harranian faction among them sent word that they held part of the city and asked him to make for al-Ruha so they could compound with him secretly and leave him and the Christians apart; the Christians heard, consented to what the Harranians offered and outbid it, so he went to al-Ruha whose people had gathered, shot at the Muslims a while, sent out their fighters whom the Muslims routed back into the city, and soon sued for peace and aman; another report has Iyad finding Harran empty — its people removed to al-Ruha — so when al-Ruha fell they compounded for their city from within it on the like of its treaty; he compounded with Harran on the like of al-Ruha's terms, they opened its gates, he set a man over it and went on to Sumaysat where Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal and Habib ibn Maslama held villages and forts, its people compounding likewise — Sumaysat later apostatised and he returned and besieged it till he took it — and he came to Saruj, Ra's Kayfa and the White Land, mastering its land and compounding with its fort-dwellers on al-Ruha's terms.

Sa'id ibn Amir ibn Hudhaym al-Jumahi

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His dealings with Homs

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The Conquest of Harran