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Hit

هيت

Hit on the lower Euphrates; taken by the Kufan army Ammar ibn Yasir (may God be pleased with him) dispatched under Sa'd ibn Amr ibn Haram — or by report Midlaj ibn Amr al-Sulami — its people taking aman with half their church reserved for the Muslims; it is where Umayr ibn Sa'd's Jazira conquest met the Iraq conquest out of Kufa.

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Era
The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Hit is a town on the lower Euphrates, and the site of the conquest of Hit and the fortresses of the Euphrates. 1

The army of Kufa, sent by Ammar ibn Yasir under the command of Sa'd ibn Amr ibn Haram, conquered it; it is also said under the command of Mudhlaj ibn Amr al-Sulami. Its people were granted safe conduct, and half of their church was excepted from it. 1

It is the last place where the conquest of the Jazira from the side of Umayr ibn Sa'd met the conquest of Iraq from the side of Kufa. 1

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The Conquest of Hit and the Euphrates Forts

People and things also explored

The Conquest of the Jazira· Ammar ibn Yasir· Midlaj ibn Amr al-Sulami· Sa'd ibn Amr ibn Haram al-Ansari· Umayr ibn Sa'd al-Ansari· The Conquest of Hit and the Euphrates Forts

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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The Conquest of the Jazira

In al-Baladhuri through the Raqqa judge Dawud ibn Abd al-Hamid's family from Maymun ibn Mihran: 'the whole Jazira is Iyad ibn Ghanm's conquest, after Abu Ubayda's death — Umar appointed him to it, Abu Ubayda having left him over Syria; Umar gave Syria to Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan then Mu'awiya after him and ordered Iyad to raid the Jazira'; Sulayman ibn Ata says Abu Ubayda dispatched him to the Jazira and died while he was there, Umar then confirming him; al-Waqidi's report — the soundest they had on him — is that Abu Ubayda died in the Amwas plague of year 18 having appointed Iyad, and Umar's letter reached him giving him Hims, Qinnasrin and the Jazira, so he marched for the Jazira on Thursday the middle of Sha'ban year 18 in five thousand, Maysara ibn Masruq al-Absi on the vanguard, Sa'id ibn Amir ibn Hudhaym al-Jumahi on the right wing and Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal al-Sulami on the left — some say Khalid ibn al-Walid held his left wing, some that Khalid marched under no banner after Abu Ubayda, staying at Hims till his death in year 21, or dying at Medina.