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Mu'tah, a village in southern Jordan, near whose site the Muslims fought a Byzantine army in 629 CE.
Mu'tah, a village in southern Jordan, near whose site the Muslims fought a Byzantine army in 629 CE. Its rough coordinates are 31.0925 north, 35.6944 east.
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Mu'tah, a village in southern Jordan, near whose site the Muslims fought a Byzantine army in 629 CE. Its rough coordinates are 31.0925 north, 35.6944 east.
Summary
A village in southern Jordan, near whose site the Muslims fought a Byzantine army in 629 CE.
Location
Its approximate coordinates are 31.0925 N and 35.6944 E 1.
In the museum
The museum's material on this place includes events that took place here: 5; people who died here: 8.
Events that took place here
- The Battle of Mu'ta (629 CE)
- Khalid ibn al-Walid's command and the army's withdrawal (629 CE)
- The martyrdom of Abd Allah ibn Rawaha after his hesitation (629 CE)
- The martyrdom of Jafar ibn Abi Talib, and his hamstringing of his horse (629 CE)
- The martyrdom of Zayd ibn Haritha as the first commander (629 CE)
People who died here
What this page covers
This page gathers what the museum links to the place: events, people and buildings. It is not a full historical description of the place. A description of the place and its history will be added from primary sources in the coming batches.
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Connections
- Place of death of
- Abbad ibn Qays· Abd Allah ibn Rawaha· al-Harith ibn al-Nu'man ibn Usaf· Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Mas'ud ibn al-Aswad ibn Haritha· Suraqa ibn Amr ibn Atiyya· Wahb ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh· Zayd ibn Haritha
- Site of
- The Battle of Mu'tah· Khalid ibn al-Walid's command and the army's withdrawal· Martyrdom of Abd Allah ibn Rawaha after his hesitation· Martyrdom of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib and his hamstringing of his horse· Martyrdom of Zayd ibn Haritha as first commander
People and things also explored
The Battle of Mu'tah· Dispatch of the Mu'tah army· The Ansar· The army's march to Mu'tah· The early Muslim community· Hassan ibn Thabit's elegies for the Mu'tah martyrs· Ka'b ibn Malik's elegy for the Mu'tah martyrs· Martyrdom of Abd Allah ibn Rawaha after his hesitation
Sources
- GeoNames gazetteer
- Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Mu'tah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/mutah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-26.