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You are a lion against me, but in the battle an ostrich which spreads its wings and hurries off on hearing the chirping of a sparrow. Why did you not go forth in the conflict and fight with Ghazala hand to hand? But no! Your heart fled from you (as if) with the wings of a bird.
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She was killed in battle, and her head was cut off for presenting it to Hajjaj. However, her husband Shabib sent a horseman who killed the carrier of his wife's head, and had a proper burial for it.
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for a day, Ghazāla led her male warriors in prayer as well as recited two of the longest chapters from the Quran during the prayer in the Mosque.
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In 696 AD (77 AH), after having controlled the city of
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Mosul
Shabib ibn Yazid al-Shaybani
Arabic
Kufa
Kharijite
Mosul
Shabib ibn Yazid al-Shaybani
Juwayriyya bint al-Ḥārith
Battle of Yarmuk
Umayyad
Hajjāj ibn-Yūsuf
Kufa
Kufa


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