Abu Nuwayra al-Taghlibi

Abu Nuwayra al-Taghlibi
Abu Nuwayra al-Taghlibi
أبو نويرة التغلبي
Died	c. 530s CE
Known for	Fighting in the Basus War
Relatives	Kulaib ibn Rabiah (first cousin twice removed)

Abu Nuwayra al-Taghlibi (Arabic: أبو نويرة التغلبي) was a poet and warrior who fought alongside the Taghlib tribe during the events of the Basus War.

Involvement in the Basus War

Duel against Jassas

Abu Nuwayra was sent by Abu Layla al-Muhalhel to hunt for Jassas ibn Murrah, who was escaping into Syria.^[1]^[2] Both men met at a border of water known as al-Ajoul that separated Syria and the Arabian Peninsula.^[1]^[2] They had a duel, and Abu Nuwayra managed to give Jassas a fatal injury. However, Jassas managed to kill Abu Nuwayra in battle, and he escaped into the care of his relatives where he, not long after, died from the injuries that were inflicted on him by Abu Nuwayra.^[1]^[2]

Time period

Monir Al-Balbaki believes that Jassas ibn Murrah died in 534 CE.^[3] Hence, it would be appropriate to date Abu Nuwayra's death to around the same time in the 530s as well, because they both died around the same time.^[a]

Religion

As was the case with the other members of the Taghlib, Abu Nuwayra was most likely an Arab Christian as the Taghlib were generally associated with Christianity.^[4] The Muslim scholar Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri states that despite their conversion to Christianity, the Arabs generally ignored the morals and etiquettes preached in Christianity (except for important fundamental aspects like monotheism and rejection of polytheism).^[5]

Notes

^ See the Al-Kāmil fi at-Tārikh and the Dictionary of Arab Poets

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "The letter A: Abu Nuwayra al-Taghlibi". Dictionary of Arab Poets. Maktaba Shamela.
^ ^a ^b ^c Al-Kāmil fi at-Tārikh, ed. Abū l-Fidāʾ ʿAbdallāh al-Qāḍī (11 vols., Beirut: Dār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1987–2003)
^ Al-Balbaki, Monir (1992). Mu'jam 'Alam al-Mawrid. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar El Ilm Lilmalayin.
^ Lecker, M. (2000). "Taghlib b. Wāʾil". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. & Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume X: T–U. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 89–93. ISBN 978-90-04-11211-7.
^ Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman (2008). The Sealed Nectar: Biography of the Noble Prophet. Dar-us-Salam Publications. ISBN 978-9960899558

External links

Biography of Abu Nuwayra al-Taghlibi, in the Dictionary of Arab Poets on the Maktaba Shamela

[4] See the Al-Kāmil fi at-Tārikh and the Dictionary of Arab Poets

[:0-1] "The letter A: Abu Nuwayra al-Taghlibi". Dictionary of Arab Poets. Maktaba Shamela.

[:1-2] Al-Kāmil fi at-Tārikh, ed. Abū l-Fidāʾ ʿAbdallāh al-Qāḍī (11 vols., Beirut: Dār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1987–2003)

[3] Al-Balbaki, Monir (1992). Mu'jam 'Alam al-Mawrid. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar El Ilm Lilmalayin.

[5] Lecker, M. (2000). "Taghlib b. Wāʾil". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. & Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume X: T–U. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 89–93. ISBN 978-90-04-11211-7.

[6] Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman (2008). The Sealed Nectar: Biography of the Noble Prophet. Dar-us-Salam Publications. ISBN 978-9960899558

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