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Suhaym ibn al-Muhajir

سحيم بن المهاجر

Suhaym ibn al-Muhajir, an agent of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan; in al-Baladhuri: when the Byzantine cavalry came to Jabal al-Lukkam and Lebanon in Ibn al-Zubayr's days, drawing to it the Jarajima, Nabataeans and runaway slaves so that Abd al-Malik was driven to compound with them and with the Byzantine tyrant, he sent Suhaym ibn al-Muhajir to the Byzantine commander, who insinuated himself in disguise, feigning partisanship, reviling Abd al-Malik and belittling his cause until he was trusted — then turned on him with men of Abd al-Malik's clients and troops prepared for the encounter, killing him and the Byzantines with him and proclaiming aman, so the Jarajima scattered and the slaves returned to their masters.

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Suhaym ibn al-Muhajir, one of the men of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. al-Baladhuri mentions him in the account of the Jarajima, and he belongs to the peace with the Jarajima 1.

The report

al-Baladhuri reports that Byzantine horsemen went out to Jabal al-Lukam and then to Lebanon in the days of Ibn al-Zubayr. The Jarajima, the Anbat and runaway slaves joined them. Abd al-Malik was forced to make peace with them and with the tyrant of the Byzantines for a sum of money. Abd al-Malik sent Suhaym to the Byzantine. He entered upon him in disguise, showing that he was an ally and disparaging Abd al-Malik, until he was trusted. Then he turned on him with a group of Abd al-Malik's clients and soldiers whom he had prepared. He killed him and the Byzantines with him, and proclaimed safe conduct. The Jarajima scattered, and the slaves returned to their masters 1.

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Participated in
The Treaty with the Jarajima

People and things also explored

Dhimma (the covenant of protection)· The Jarajima· Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan· Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri· The Treaty with the Jarajima

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.219
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Dhimma (the covenant of protection)

Dhimma in al-Baladhuri is the written covenant of security granted to treaty peoples of the Book: its formula in the Prophet's letter to Najran runs 'they have God's protection and the protection of His messenger over their persons, religion, lands, wealth, absent and present', and its stipulated terms in the Najran peace include that they not be seduced from their religion or its ranks, nor levied nor tithed, and in the letter's text that no bishop be removed from his bishopric, no monk from his monasticism, no right of theirs or their images — crucifixes and icons — be altered, and no army tread their land, while whoever of them took usury the Prophet's protection was quit of him; the letter of the people of Maqna grants 'God's protection and His messenger's' with security and pardon for every blood; and the dhimma was renewed under the caliphs — Abu Bakr wrote to the people of Najran on the model of the Prophet's letter, and Uthman called them 'a people who have a dhimma' when he remitted two hundred of their hullas.