Umm Kurzan

أم كرزان

A Bajila woman; in al-Baladhuri she told Jarir when her people returned the Sawad quarter 'my father died and his share is fixed in the Sawad — I will not submit', and when told her people had agreed, answered 'I will not submit unless you mount me on a docile she-camel with a red saddle-cloth and fill my hands with gold' — which was done.

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Era
The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Overview

Umm Kurzan, a woman of Bajila 1.

The quarter of al-Sawad

al-Baladhuri reports that her people returned a quarter of al-Sawad. She said to Jarir that her father had died and his share was fixed in al-Sawad, and that she would not submit 1.

Jarir told her that her people had agreed. She said: "I will not become a Muslim until you carry me on a docile she-camel with a red cloak over her, and fill my hands with gold." He did so 1.

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Bajila's Quarter of the Sawad and Its Return

People and things also explored

جرير بن عبد الله البجلي· Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Bajila's Quarter of the Sawad and Its Return

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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جرير بن عبد الله البجلي