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al-Ubulla: a town near Basra. al-Baladhuri reports that its people gathered against Suwayd ibn Qutba, and Khalid ibn al-Walid deceived them by withdrawing by day and returning by night. ¹

They were broken, a number of them were killed, and a group was drowned in the Tigris of Basra. ¹

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Site of: The Fight at Ubulla

People and things also explored

Khalid ibn al-Walid· سويد بن قطب ة الذهلي· The Fight at Ubulla

Sources

Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.338

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islam.museum contributors. “al-Ubulla”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-ubulla/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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Khalid ibn al-Walid

The great commander on both sides of the early wars: the cavalry leader who turned the day at Uhud for the Meccans, then converted in 629 and led the Muslim armies at Mu'ta, in the Ridda wars and at the Yarmuk.