Tulayb ibn Umayr

Overview

Tulayb ibn Umayr (may God be pleased with him), known by the kunya Abu Adi, a Meccan of the Banu Abd Manaf. His mother was Arwa bint al-Muttalib, aunt of the Prophet ¹.

Ajnadayn

He was killed as a martyr at the Battle of Ajnadayn. al-Baladhuri reports that a non-Arab challenged him and struck him with a blow that severed his right hand, so that his sword fell with his hand. Then he came upon him and killed him ².

al-Baladhuri reports that this was on Monday, twelve nights before the end of Jumada al-Ula of the year 13 AH. The conversion to the Common Era is derived ².

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.

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Ajnadayn

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The Conquest of Syria