Battle of ein-ul-tamr

Battle of Ein-ul-tamr
Part of Islamic conquest of Persia and Campaigns of Khalid ibn al-Walid
Date 633 AD Location Iraq Result Decisive Muslim victory[1]
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate	Sassanid Imperial troops [2] along with their Arab Christian auxiliaries[3]
Commanders
Khalid ibn al-Walid	Aqqa ibn Qays ibn Bashir
Strength
500-600[4]	Unknown number, although it consisted of a "great" following of Arab Christian tribes and Sassanian troops. [5]
Casualties and losses
Few	High[6]

When the Muslim army conquered the town of Ein-Ul-Tamr they found a number of Arab Christian priests in a monastery. One of them was called Nusair another called Serine. They both embraced Islam, Nusair is the father of Mosa Ben Nusair, the supreme commander of the forces which later conquered Spain under the leadership of Tariq Ben Zeyad, the second in command for Mosa Ben Nusair. Serine, the other convert, is the father of the scholar Ibn Serine who became one of the more celebrated Muslim theologians.

Muslim conquest of the Persian Empire Chains – River – Walaja – Ullais – Hira – Al-Anbar – Ein-ul-tamr – Daumat-ul-Jandal – Muzayyah – Saniyy – Zumail – Firaz – Bridge – Al-Qādisiyyah – Ctesiphon – Nihawānd

v • d • e Campaigns of Khalid ibn al-Walid Conquest of Arabia Uhud – Mu'tah – Mecca – Hunayn – Ta'if Ridda Wars Yamama – Zafar – Daumat-ul-Jandal – Buzakha – Ghamra – Naqra Conquest of the Persian Empire Chains – River – Walaja – Ullais – Hira – Al-Anbar – Ein-ul-tamr – Daumat-ul-Jandal – Muzayyah – Saniyy – Zumail – Firaz Conquest of Roman Syria Firaz – Qarteen – Bosra – Ajnadayn – Marj-al-Rahit – Fahl – Damascus – Maraj-al-Debaj – Emesa – Yarmouk – Jerusalem – Hazir – Aleppo Campaigns in Anatolia Iron Bridge – Kahramanmaraş

This battle took place in modern day Iraq (Mesopotamia) between the early Muslim Arab forces and the Sassanians along with their Arab Christian auxiliary forces. Ein-ul-tamr is located west of Anbar and was a frontier post which had been established to aid the Sassanids. ^[7] The Muslims under Khalid ibn al-Walid's command soundly defeated the Sassanian auxiliary force, which included large numbers of non-Muslim Arabs who broke earlier covenants with the Muslims.^[8] According to non-Muslim sources, Khalid ibn al-Walid captured the Arab Christian commander, Aqqa ibn Qays ibn Bashir, with his own hands. ^[9]

After the battle, some Persians had hoped that the Muslim commander, Khalid ibn al-Walid, would be "like those Arabs who would raid [and withdraw]." ^[10] However, Khalid continued to press further against the Persians and their allies in the subsequent Battle of Daumat-ul-jandal.

On-line resources

A.I. Akram, The Sword of Allah: Khalid bin al-Waleed, His Life and Campaigns Lahore, 1969

References

• A.I. Akram, The Sword of Allah: Khalid bin al-Waleed, His Life and Campaigns, Nat. Publishing. House, Rawalpindi (1970) ISBN 0-7101-0104-X.

See also

• Abu Bakr
• Omar ibn al-Khattāb

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