376:, Muhammad's cousin, who declared that he would slay Ubayd Allah should he obtain authority over the matter. Other Muslim leaders also advocated that Ubayd Allah should be punished for his actions. Uthman, seeking to remove Ubayd Allah from Medina, granted him an estate near
466:("Lord of the Sword Belt") that he had inherited from his father. When Mu'awiya ultimately prevailed in the civil war and became caliph in 661, he pressured the Bakr to hand over the sword; it was found to be in the possession of the Bakrite tribesmen Muhriz ibn Sahsah of
352:
that the two men had been seen together in possession of the sword used by Abu Lu'lu'a Firuz to kill Umar. Ubayd Allah's killings were generally viewed by the Muslim community as acts of murder and not as a justified revenge for his father's slaying. Umar's successor,
438:, another branch of the Rabi'a. In the Rabi'a's counterattack, Ubayd Allah was slain. After the day's fighting was over, his wife Bahriyya appealed to her tribesmen to hand over Ubayd Allah's body which she then had her servants bury. An elegy by the
411:
to a duel, which
Muhammad accepted. Upon hearing of the duel, Ali recalled his son out of concern that Ubayd Allah would succeed in slaying him. During the all-out fighting on 27 July, Mu'awiya made Ubayd Allah the commander of his elite battalion
388:, an amnesty from Ali with consideration to the latter's previous stance regarding his stay of execution. Ali declined his appeal, prompting Ubayd Allah to gain refuge with Ali's principal challenger during the
380:
in Iraq, which became known as
Kuwayfat Ibn Umar ("Litte Kufa of the Son of Umar"). The estate was close to Baziqiya, which was 10 kilometers south of Nahr Kutha and 15 kilometers north of
456:
Because of his descent from Umar and the consequent connection to the "glorious early caliphate", Ubayd Allah's death represented a blow to Mu'awiya's prestige, according to the historian
364:), pardoned Ubayd Allah, considering his execution as an excessive measure in view of his father's assassination; he instead accepted blood money, which he paid out of his own funds.
235:. When Ali became caliph in 656, he refused Ubayd Allah's appeal to uphold Uthman's pardon, prompting Ubayd Allah to defect to Ali's principal enemy, the governor of Syria
288:(d. 843) holds that her name was Mulayka bint Jarwal and that she married the well-known Meccan genealogist Abu al-Jahm ibn Hudhayfa after her divorce from Umar, while
443:
452:
He was a warrior; if only the fields of death had spared him, they left Ubayd Allah on the battleground, his flowing veins spitting out blood from the wound.
384:. When Ali became caliph following Uthman's assassination in 656, he ultimately established his capital at Kufa. Ubayd Allah sought, via mediators including
336:, a captured Sasanian officer and Muslim convert who became Umar's adviser on Persian affairs. Ubayd Allah also killed Jufayna, a Christian from
936:
931:
434:
branch of the tribe. Their combined forces initially gained an advantage, but afterward the Bakr's ranks swelled with tribesmen from the
809:
The
History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XVII: The First Civil War: From the Battle of Siffīn to the Death of ʿAlī, A.D. 656–661/A.H. 36–40
450:
The eyes weep only for a horseman , whose fellows fled at Siffin while he stood firm, exchanging Asma for the swords of Wa'il.
926:
882:
817:
793:
769:
921:
841:
471:
911:
344:, and the young daughter of Abu Lu'lu'a. Ubayd Allah's targeting of Hormuzan and Jufayna stemmed from a claim by
855:
407:
in 657, Ubayd Allah fought in Mu'awiya's ranks against Ali's forces. On 22 July, he challenged Ali's son
475:
393:
349:
236:
49:
296:. Ubayd Allah was married to Asma, a daughter of Utarid ibn Hajib, a notable of the Darim clan of the
408:
280:
who ruled as caliph from 634 until his assassination in 644. Ubayd Allah's mother was a woman of the
941:
779:
460:. Up to four men from the Rabi'a had claimed to have slain Ubayd Allah and taken the sword called
216:, whom he suspected of involvement in his father's assassination in 644, and his pardon by Caliph
293:
94:
341:
191:
877:. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press.
812:. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press.
788:. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press.
345:
470:. Mu'awiya had the sword confiscated from him and then transferred to Ubayd Allah's brother
8:
906:
257:
112:
730:
916:
878:
837:
813:
789:
765:
431:
427:
321:
305:
874:
The
History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XIV: The Conquest of Iran, A.D. 641–643/A.H. 21–23
827:
457:
404:
381:
240:
155:
151:
859:
831:
759:
385:
325:
301:
281:
182:
851:
587:
585:
285:
901:
895:
803:
397:
131:
597:
582:
372:
Clemency for Ubayd Allah aroused controversy in Medina. It was opposed by
435:
389:
309:
146:
239:. The latter made Ubayd Allah a commander of his elite battalion at the
430:
in the fray against Ali's Rabi'a contingent, largely consisting of the
297:
474:
in Medina. The purported grave of Ubayd Allah lies in a corner of the
872:
807:
783:
419:
289:
761:
The Works of Ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī (Volume 3): An
English Translation
333:
269:
265:
232:
213:
108:
609:
785:
The
History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XI: The Challenge to the Empires
439:
337:
273:
354:
329:
261:
217:
499:
467:
277:
57:
38:
633:
340:
who served as a tutor for the children of the Muslim leader
711:
645:
423:
377:
202:
88:
53:
833:
The
Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate
677:
675:
662:
660:
520:
518:
516:
514:
373:
228:
572:
570:
568:
555:
553:
551:
549:
300:
tribe. He was also married to
Bahriyya, the daughter of
672:
657:
621:
511:
699:
687:
565:
546:
461:
413:
328:
artisan taken captive by Arab forces and brought to
196:
757:
603:
591:
539:, p. 75, note 67. On Abu Lu'lu'a, see further
487:
758:Biesterfeldt, Hinrich; Günther, Sebastian (2018).
893:
367:
320:In revenge for his father's assassination by
284:tribe who Umar later divorced; the historian
95:Umm Kulthum Mukayka bint Jarwal al-Khuza'iyya
187:عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنُ الْخَطَّاب
778:
615:
723:
836:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
826:
717:
681:
666:
651:
639:
627:
576:
559:
536:
524:
304:, a distinguished Arab commander at the
251:
802:
705:
693:
505:
201:; died summer 657) was a son of Caliph
71:Asma bint Utarid ibn Hajib al-Darimiyya
894:
850:
540:
315:
870:
493:
198:ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb
231:, the cousin of the Islamic prophet
937:Military personnel killed in action
186:
179:Ubayd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab
13:
932:People from the Rashidun Caliphate
14:
953:
292:(d. 823) holds that her name was
751:
604:Biesterfeldt & Günther 2018
592:Biesterfeldt & Günther 2018
359:
222:
207:
530:
1:
481:
368:Role in First Fitna and death
74:Bahriyya bint Hani ibn Qabisa
927:Children of Rashidun caliphs
731:"Maqam Ubayd Allah ibn Umar"
446:was then read in his honor:
418:). His battalion joined the
25:عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ
7:
871:Smith, G. Rex, ed. (1994).
462:
414:
197:
10:
958:
476:Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque
350:Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr
308:(609) who hailed from the
50:Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque
922:People of the First Fitna
780:Blankinship, Khalid Yahya
606:, p. 798, note 1097.
594:, p. 798, note 1096.
409:Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya
256:Ubayd Allah was a son of
172:
137:
127:
122:
118:
104:
81:
64:
45:
30:
21:
16:Son of second Caliph Umar
912:7th-century Arab people
618:, p. 42, note 234.
508:, p. 63, note 262.
394:Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan
294:Umm Kulthum bint Jarwal
264:of the Islamic prophet
246:
237:Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan
454:
243:, where he was slain.
864:Encyclopaedia Iranica
448:
346:Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf
332:, Ubayd Allah killed
252:Early life and family
268:and a member of the
23:Ubayd Allah ibn Umar
720:, pp. 209–210.
654:, pp. 232–233.
642:, p. 209, 233.
342:Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas
324:, a highly skilled
316:Killing of Hormuzan
258:Umar ibn al-Khattab
89:Umar ibn al-Khattab
472:Abd Allah ibn Umar
403:At the weeks-long
396:, the governor of
212:). His killing of
884:978-0-7914-1293-0
828:Madelung, Wilferd
819:978-0-7914-2393-6
795:978-0-7914-0851-3
771:978-90-04-35621-4
764:. Leiden: Brill.
428:Samayfa ibn Nakur
322:Abu Lu'lu'a Firuz
306:Battle of Dhi Qar
227:) was opposed by
195:
176:
175:
949:
888:
867:
860:Yarshater, Ehsan
847:
823:
799:
775:
746:
745:
743:
741:
727:
721:
715:
709:
703:
697:
691:
685:
679:
670:
664:
655:
649:
643:
637:
631:
625:
619:
616:Blankinship 1993
613:
607:
601:
595:
589:
580:
574:
563:
557:
544:
534:
528:
522:
509:
503:
497:
491:
465:
458:Wilferd Madelung
417:
405:Battle of Siffin
382:Qasr Ibn Hubayra
363:
361:
241:Battle of Siffin
226:
224:
211:
209:
200:
190:
188:
160:
152:Battle of Siffin
19:
18:
957:
956:
952:
951:
950:
948:
947:
946:
942:Sons of caliphs
892:
891:
885:
852:Pellat, Charles
844:
820:
796:
772:
754:
749:
739:
737:
729:
728:
724:
716:
712:
704:
700:
692:
688:
680:
673:
665:
658:
650:
646:
638:
634:
626:
622:
614:
610:
602:
598:
590:
583:
575:
566:
558:
547:
535:
531:
523:
512:
504:
500:
492:
488:
484:
451:
444:Ka'b ibn Ju'ayl
386:Malik al-Ashtar
370:
358:
318:
302:Hani ibn Qabisa
254:
249:
221:
206:
168:
156:
123:Military career
100:
77:
41:
35:
26:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
955:
945:
944:
939:
934:
929:
924:
919:
914:
909:
904:
890:
889:
883:
868:
848:
842:
824:
818:
806:, ed. (1996).
804:Hawting, G. R.
800:
794:
782:, ed. (1993).
776:
770:
753:
750:
748:
747:
735:Madain Project
722:
710:
698:
686:
684:, p. 234.
671:
669:, p. 233.
656:
644:
632:
630:, p. 231.
620:
608:
596:
581:
564:
545:
529:
527:, p. 209.
510:
498:
496:, p. 100.
485:
483:
480:
432:Bakr ibn Wa'il
369:
366:
362: 644–656
317:
314:
253:
250:
248:
245:
225: 644–656
210: 634–644
174:
173:
170:
169:
167:
166:
165:
164:
163:
162:
141:
139:
135:
134:
129:
125:
124:
120:
119:
116:
115:
113:Family of Umar
106:
102:
101:
99:
98:
92:
85:
83:
79:
78:
76:
75:
72:
68:
66:
62:
61:
47:
43:
42:
36:
32:
28:
27:
22:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
954:
943:
940:
938:
935:
933:
930:
928:
925:
923:
920:
918:
915:
913:
910:
908:
905:
903:
900:
899:
897:
886:
880:
876:
875:
869:
865:
861:
857:
856:"Abū Loʾloʾa"
853:
849:
845:
843:0-521-56181-7
839:
835:
834:
829:
825:
821:
815:
811:
810:
805:
801:
797:
791:
787:
786:
781:
777:
773:
767:
763:
762:
756:
755:
736:
732:
726:
719:
718:Madelung 1997
714:
708:, p. 62.
707:
702:
696:, p. 63.
695:
690:
683:
682:Madelung 1997
678:
676:
668:
667:Madelung 1997
663:
661:
653:
652:Madelung 1997
648:
641:
640:Madelung 1997
636:
629:
628:Madelung 1997
624:
617:
612:
605:
600:
593:
588:
586:
579:, p. 70.
578:
577:Madelung 1997
573:
571:
569:
562:, p. 69.
561:
560:Madelung 1997
556:
554:
552:
550:
542:
538:
537:Madelung 1997
533:
526:
525:Madelung 1997
521:
519:
517:
515:
507:
502:
495:
490:
486:
479:
477:
473:
469:
464:
463:Dhu al-Wishah
459:
453:
447:
445:
441:
437:
433:
429:
425:
421:
416:
410:
406:
401:
399:
395:
391:
387:
383:
379:
375:
365:
356:
351:
347:
343:
339:
335:
331:
327:
323:
313:
311:
307:
303:
299:
295:
291:
287:
283:
279:
275:
271:
267:
263:
259:
244:
242:
238:
234:
230:
219:
215:
204:
199:
193:
184:
180:
171:
161:
159:
153:
150:
149:
148:
145:
144:
143:
142:
140:
136:
133:
130:
126:
121:
117:
114:
110:
107:
103:
96:
93:
90:
87:
86:
84:
80:
73:
70:
69:
67:
63:
59:
55:
51:
48:
44:
40:
33:
29:
20:
873:
863:
832:
808:
784:
760:
752:Bibliography
738:. Retrieved
734:
725:
713:
706:Hawting 1996
701:
694:Hawting 1996
689:
647:
635:
623:
611:
599:
532:
506:Hawting 1996
501:
489:
455:
449:
402:
371:
319:
272:clan of the
255:
178:
177:
157:
138:Battles/wars
46:Burial place
541:Pellat 2011
436:Abd al-Qays
390:First Fitna
286:al-Mada'ini
147:First Fitna
60:(purported)
907:657 deaths
896:Categories
740:30 January
494:Smith 1994
482:References
422:troops of
298:Banu Tamim
132:Mu'awiya I
128:Allegiance
478:in Homs.
420:Himyarite
290:al-Waqidi
276:tribe of
262:companion
192:romanized
917:Banu Adi
854:(2011).
830:(1997).
440:Taghlibi
334:Hormuzan
270:Banu Adi
266:Muhammad
233:Muhammad
214:Hormuzan
109:Banu Adi
97:(mother)
91:(father)
37:Siffin,
862:(ed.).
426:led by
415:shahbāʾ
338:al-Hira
326:Persian
312:tribe.
282:Khuza'a
274:Quraysh
194::
158:†
82:Parents
65:Spouses
881:
840:
816:
792:
768:
355:Uthman
330:Medina
310:Rabi'a
218:Uthman
183:Arabic
154:
105:Family
858:. In
468:Basra
442:poet
398:Syria
278:Mecca
58:Syria
39:Syria
902:Umar
879:ISBN
838:ISBN
814:ISBN
790:ISBN
766:ISBN
742:2020
424:Homs
378:Kufa
260:, a
247:Life
203:Umar
54:Homs
31:Died
374:Ali
348:or
229:Ali
34:657
898::
733:.
674:^
659:^
584:^
567:^
548:^
513:^
400:.
392:,
360:r.
223:r.
208:r.
189:,
185::
111:;
56:,
52:,
887:.
866:.
846:.
822:.
798:.
774:.
744:.
543:.
412:(
357:(
220:(
205:(
181:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.