timeline of Abubakr's battles Flashcards
first sequence of battles?
Wars with false prophets. Including Musailma, Tulayha, Sajjah, Aswad Ansi, Malik bin Nuwairah. Musailma was defeated in the Battle of Yamama in which Ikrama bin Abu Jahl did not wait for Shurahbeel bin Hasanah and so both battalions were getting badly defeated and had to write to the Caliph for reinforcements which came under the head of Khalid bin Waleed. The battle is also know as the Battle of the Garden of Death since it took place in a fortified garden and there were many deaths. Among those who killed Musailma was Wahshi. War with Tulayha was a war with all his allies, the tribes of Banu Asad, Tay and Ghatfan. Tulayha encamped at the Bazakha spring in Nejd. Khalid bin Waleed was sent to defeat him and Adi bin Hatim from the tribe of Tay requested him to wait for 3 days so he could try to show the right path to his tribesmen. This resulted in a 1000 men from Tay and Jadeela joining Khalid. Tulayha was defeated and fled to Syria, later he became Muslim and tried to compensate for past sins by serving in campaigns during Umar’s time. Sajjah was marching towards Madinah and came across Musailmah and married him, after his murder, she lived in obscurity and when Iraq was conquered, accepted Islam with her tribesmen. Aswad Ansi attacked Sanaa, Yemen’s capital and married the governor’s wife after killing him, then the Prophet wrote to leaders of the Muslim army in Yemen and they defeated him with assistance from his new wife. In Abubakr’s time, Aswad’s governor Qais restarted trouble and took over Yemen. 2 battalions of Muslims were sent to subdue him. He was defeated and repented along with his governor Amr bin Maadi. Malik bin Nuwairah was the tax collector of his area but gave the Zakat back to his tribesmen saying that the money was theirs. He attacked the Muslims in his area and was later defeated and killed by Khalid’s army.
What were the wars after the wars with false prophets?
Ridda Wars ie wars with tribes which apostasised. There were 11 corps to deal with this issue. They were ordered to call Azaan upon approaching the tribes and if they submitted they were not to be attacked. All apostates who had murdered Muslims were to face retribution. The people of Bahrain had apostasised and were defeated by Ala bin Hadrami’s army, their leader Hatim killed. Some tribes of Oman and Mahran also gave up Islam and were subdued by Muslim forces. This was completed in 11 AH.
What wars were after the Ridda Wars?
Wars with tribes who refused to pay Zakat such as the tribes of Abs, Zabyan, Asad and Tay. The Caliph left Usama bin Zaid as his deputy and went to fight these tribes. He received the due amount from them.
What wars were a part of the Iraqi campaign?
-Firstly, the exploits of Musannah bin Haritha who attacked eastern Iraq and collected a lot of booty. Then was assisted by Khalid to invade to Sassanid Empire.
-The Battle of Kazima.
-The Battle with Qiran at Mazar.
-The Battle with Persians and Christian Arabs at Walaja
-The Battle of Ullais, folllowed by the siege of Heerah, the conquest of Anbar, Ain-ut-Tamar from where the Persian general Mehran fled, the conquest of Dumat-ut-Jundal with the combined armies of Khalid and Ayaz bin Ghanam, and finally the conquest of Firaz, where the borders of Heerah, Syria and Iraq met.
What battles were a part of the Syrian campaign?
-The four divisions for Syria, led by Yazid bin Abi Sufyan for Damascus, Abu Ubaidah for Homs, Shurahbeel for Jordan and Amr bin al Aas for Palestine. They required Khalid’s assistance.
-Khalid took command of the divisions and on reaching Bosra offered Islam to the Romans. Romanus, their commander, accepted it and helped them to attack Bosra from underground.
-The incomplete siege of Damascus.
